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obsecration

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