Vocabulary : Obsecrating to Obsequy

Obsecrating : of Obsecrate
Obsecration : The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with "By." ;; A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.
Obsecratory : Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory.
Obsequent : Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
Obsequience : Obsequiousness.

Obsequies : See Obsequy. ;; of Obsequy
Obsequious : Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted. ;; Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite. ;; Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
Obsequiously : In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly. ;; In a manner appropriate to obsequies.
Obsequiousness : The quality or state of being obsequious.
Obsequy : The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural. ;; Obsequiousness.

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