• (n.) The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with `By.` • (n.) A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.
Ob'se·cra'tion noun [ Latin obsecratio : confer French 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 spee...
obsecration Related 'holy, sacred' word families: hagio-; hiero-; icono-; sanct-.