obsecration means an earnest supplication made in the name of God. It carries an Arena rating of 1373, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, obsecration ranks #1,572 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #2,109 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words, #3,298 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #3,346 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words.
Why “obsecration” is a great word
An earnest supplication or entreaty made under the invocation of a deity. From Middle English *obsecracioun*, from Anglo-Norman *obsecracion* and directly from Latin *obsecrātiōn-* (stem of *obsecrātiō*), from *obsecrāre* ("to beseech, implore"), from *ob-* ("toward") + *sacrāre* ("to consecrate, dedicate"), first attested in English c. 1382. Unlike "supplication," a general earnest plea, or "invocation," the act of calling upon a name, obsecration is the prayer itself, steeped in sacred witness. It is the desperate whisper in a candlelit chapel, the choked plea sworn upon a loved one's grave, the hands raised not just in asking but in binding the holy to the human promise—a last, solemn bridge across the widening dark.
noun
- An earnest supplication made in the name of God
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