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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obsecration /ˌɒbsɪˈkreɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun rare earnest pleading or supplication.

– origin ME: from L. obsecratio(n-), from obsecrare ‘entreat’, based on sacer, sacr- ‘sacred’.

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