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speaker(dictionary)
SPEAKER(law)
Speaker's Corner(dictionary)
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Speaker's Corner (oh) and obsecration (iou)


Speaker's Corner (oh)



an area in the northeast corner of Hyde Park in London, where ordinary people can go, especially on Sunday mornings, to make a speech about any subject, and Other people listen to them and sometimes argue with them. People often stand on a box to make their speeches.

obsecration (iou)



obsecration noun. LME.
[Latin obsecratio(n-), from obsecrat- pa. ppl stem of obsecrare entreat, beseech (orig. by the name of the gods), from ob- OB- + sacrare hold sacred: see -ATION.]
Entreaty, supplication. LME.
b. Rhetoric. A figure of speech in which assistance is implored. E17.
Ecclesiastical. Any of the intercessory petitions of the Litany introduced by the word 'by' (Latin per). L19.
'obsecrate verb trans. (rare) entreat, implore; beg (a thing): L16.