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Webster 1913 Edition


obsecration

obˊse-cra′tion

(ŏbˊsē̍-krā′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[L.
obsecratio
: cf. F.
obsecration
.]
1.
The act of obsecrating or imploring;
as, the
obsecrations
of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with “By.”
Bp. Stillingfeet.
Shipley.
2.
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.

Webster 1828 Edition


Obsecration

OBSECRA'TION

, n.
1.
Intreaty; supplication.
2.
A figure of rhetoric, in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.

Definition 2024


obsecration

obsecration

English

Noun

obsecration (plural obsecrations)

  1. An earnest supplication made in the name of God