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obsecration

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary

obsecration /ˌäbsəˈkrāSHən, ˌɑbsəˈkreɪʃən /
noun rare earnest pleading or supplication.
– ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin obsecratio(n-), from obsecrare entreat, based on sacer, sacr- sacred.