Rogation Days
Britishplural noun
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Two special prayers for this purpose, entitled "For Fruitful Seasons,—To be used on Rogation Sunday and the Rogation Days," were introduced into the American Prayer-book at its last revision in 1892.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
Violet is the penitential color and is used in Advent, Lent, the Ember and Rogation Days, on the Feasts of the Holy Innocents, etc.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
The shrine with Luidhard’s relics no doubt represents the golden chest in which—as we know—they used to carry his relics round Canterbury on Rogation Days.
From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)
From this useful and ancient ceremony, Rogation Days were called by the Anglo-Saxons Béddagas=Prayer-days, or Gang-dagas=perambulation-days.
From The Prayer Book Explained by Jackson, Percival
This method of celebrating the Rogation Days still prevails in many parishes in England.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
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