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ro·ga·tion       [roh-gey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, esp. as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
2.Roman History.
a.the proposing by the consuls or tribunes of a law to be passed by the people.
b.a law so proposed.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME rogacio(u)n < L rogātiōn- (s. of rogātiō), equiv. to rogāt(us) (ptp. of rogāre to ask, beg) + -iōn- -ion]
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ro·ga·tion       (rō-gā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Ecclesiastical Solemn prayer or supplication, especially as chanted during the rites of a Rogation Day. Often used in the plural.
    1. The formal proposal of a law in ancient Rome by a tribune or consul to the people for acceptance or rejection.
    2. A law proposed in this manner.


[Middle English rogacioun, from Latin rogātiō, rogātiōn-, from rogātus, past participle of rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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rogation 
1387, from L. rogatio (gen. rogationis), from rogatus, pp. of rogare "to ask," apparently an image, lit. "to stretch out (the hand)," from PIE *rog-, 0-grade form of root *reg- "move in a straight line" (see regal). Rogation days were the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Ascension Day, a time for processions round fields blessing crops and praying for good harvest, also blessing the boundary markers of each parish. Discouraged by Protestants as superstitious, but continued or revived in modified form as beating the bounds.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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rogation

noun
a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church 

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Rogation

Ro*ga"tion\, n. [L. rogatio, fr. rogare, rogatum, to ask, beg, supplicate: cf. F. rogation. Cf. Abrogate, Arrogant, Probogue.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.

2. (Eccl.) Litany; supplication.

He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in use. --Hooker.

Rogation days (Eccl.), the three days which immediately precede Ascension Day; -- so called as being days on which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of special supplication.

Rogation flower (Bot.), a European species of milkwort (Polygala vulgaris); -- so called from its former use for garlands in Rogation week. --Dr. Prior.

Rogation week, the second week before Whitsunday, in which the Rogation days occur.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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