| Obsecration 1. (n.) The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with By. 2. (n.) A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man. Thesaurus Entries Angelus bell, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, aid prayer, alarm, alarum, appeal, battle cry, beadroll, beads, beseechment, bidding prayer, birdcall, breviary, bugle call, call, chaplet, collect, communion, contemplation, devotions, entreaty, grace, impetration, imploration, intercession, invocation, last post, litany, meditation, moose call, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, prayer, prayer wheel, rallying cry, rebel yell, reveille, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, suit, summons, supplication, taps, thanks, thanksgiving, trumpet call, war cry, whistle |