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View synonyms for rogation
rogation
[ roh-gey-shuhn ]
noun
- Usually rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days Rogation Days before Ascension Day.
- Roman History.
- the proposing by the consuls or tribunes of a law to be passed by the people.
- a law so proposed.
rogation
/ rəʊˈɡeɪʃən /
noun
- usually plural Christianity a solemn supplication, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rogation1
C14: from Latin rogātiō , from rogāre to ask, make supplication
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Example Sentences
Without the psalms they are said on the feast of Saint Mark and on the three rogation days.
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To have no definite date conveyed by the term 'Rogation Sunday' is to the clerical mind gross ignorance.
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It was the first of the Rogation days, which an Anglican may see, in his book of common-prayer, noted as days of abstinence.
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