单词 | obsecration |
释义 | obsecrationn. Now rare. 1. a. Earnest entreaty, supplication; spec. entreaty made in the name of a god or some sacred thing; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty halsingc825 bisocnea1250 beseechinga1300 scritha1325 adjurementa1382 obsecrationa1382 supplication1417 jurationc1425 treatyc1450 treatise1470 entreatya1530 obtestation1531 entreat1532 greetc1540 entreature?1548 supplicamusa1580 treat1601 beseech1609 instant1610 impetration1618 solicit1639 entreatment1825 plea1925 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Ps. cxlii. 1 Lord..parseyue myn obsecracioun [L. obsecrationem meam]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) : Prov. (Bodl. 959) xviii. 23 With obsecraciouns spekeþ þe pore man. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Tim. ii. 1 (MED) Þerfore I beseche first of alle thyngys obsecracyouns to be made and prayers. 1482 Monk of Evesham 25 For hys enmyes..he made meruailous prayers and obsecracyons. a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 407 (MED) The iiiith [part] conteyneth ane informacion with certeyne obsecracions to hem þat schulden dye. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. 271 Obsecratioun is supplicatioun maid to God with the rehersing of sum propertie of God. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. v. sig. Gggg.v/1 In inuocation or petition we comprehend obsecration, whiche is a more vehement prayer. 1670 T. Case Mt. Pisgah i. 41 My earnest advice, and obsecration to all such as do pretend to this blessed Union. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xi. 107 Such connivance, as might have concluded either in carrying her back to her former lodgings, or in consummation at Mrs. Moore's, in spite of exclamations, fits, and the rest of the female obsecrations? 1799 R. Sickelmore Agnes & Leonora i. 117 The whole party were overcome with the scene, and each inwardly put up an obsecration to the throne of grace, that their latter days might end as happily as the poor sailor's. 1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) xv. 260 Obsecration..is the adding of some motive or adjuration to our demand [in prayer]. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters i. iii. 35 Behold the analyst..raising hands in obsecration, attesting god Lyœus. 1946 C. Roth Hist. Jews of Italy 367 A generic obsecration was promulgated against those who should knowingly be remiss. 1987 H. Plutzik Coll. Poems 290 The gasping; the obsecration; he fears thick shadows. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > entreaty to hearers obsecration1609 1609 R. Bernard Faithfull Shepheard (new ed.) 67 Obsecration; this is making of request to the Hearers..intreating the auditory to yeeld some thing for their good. 1837 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 319/1 Obsecration, in Rhetoric, a figure by which the orator implores the assistance of God or man. 2. Christian Church. Each of the intercessory petitions introduced by the word ‘by’ in litanies. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [noun] > supplicatory > part of petition1552 obsecration1581 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. f. 47 That the vordis, deprecations, obsecrations, interpellations and thanksgeuing ar referrit to the diuers thingis quhilk ar done in..the messe. 1823 T. C. Brownell Family Prayer Bk. 62/1 Solemn obsecrations of this kind, often occur in the holy scriptures. 1864 G. C. McWhorter Church Ess. 145 For instance, the first four petitions contain the Invocation to the Triune God..the third three, the Obsecrations. 1877 E. Daniel Prayer-bk. 172 The Obsecrations which commence at ver. 11 are prayers for deliverance from sin and its consequences. 1890 F. E. Penny Caste & Creed II. v. 133 He began the Litany..he selected certain of the obsecrations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382 |
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