Definition of "obtestation" [ob•tes•ta•tion]

• The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation. (noun)

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• "If we should say that this was not simply an oath, but a kind of obtestation, the holy man will be, in some degree, excusable."
• "Nor did she farther press him on the subject; for, having concluded her prayer or obtestation, by clasping her hands together with solemnity, and then signing herself with the cross, she again addressed her grandson, in a tone more adapted to the ordinary business of life."
• "“As you are a false varlet, had been the better obtestation.”"