imposition vs precation

imposition

noun
  • A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination. 

  • A trick or deception put or laid on others. 

  • An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation. 

  • The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. 

  • That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined. 

  • Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product. 

  • A task imposed on a student as punishment. 

precation

noun
  • A prayer or act of praying; an earnest request. 

How often have the words imposition and precation occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )