A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1581
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Obsecratioun, -ione, -acio(u)n, n. [ME. obsecracioun (Wyclif), e.m.E. obsecracyon, obsecration, L. obsecrātio, F. obsécration (13th c. in Godef.).] Earnest entreaty (made in the name of the deity), supplication. —1533 Boece xiii. viii. 514 b.
Be gude wordis & obsecracioun he prayit he suld nocht attempt sic enormyteis contrare the Kirk 1551 Hamilton Catechism 271.
Obsecratioun is supplicatioun maid to God with the rehersing of sum propertie of God 1562 Misc. Maitl. C. III. 325.
The last sermon … anent the reall presence of … Crist … and obsecracionis mayd be hym in confirmynce of the said doctrine 1581 Burne Disput. 47.
That the vordis, deprecations, obsecrations, interpellations and thanksgeuing ar referrit to the diuers thingis quhilk ar done in … the messe 1581 Ib. 62 b.
The obsecratione of fayth sall haill him quha is seik
