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Obsecration   Listen
noun
obsecration  n.  
1.
The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with "By."
2.
(Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.





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"Obsecration" Quotes from Famous Books



... thanks; the words: Grant, we beseech Thee, that by perseverance in this same faith we may be ever defended from all adversities, signify postulation; while the closing words: Through our Lord Jesus Christ, etc., signify obsecration. ...
— On Prayer and The Contemplative Life • St. Thomas Aquinas


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