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1.	Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, esp. as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.

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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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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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.

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rogation
noun
a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church

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Rogation

Ab"ro*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abrogated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abrogating.] [L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab + rogare to ask, require, propose. See Rogation.]

1. To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.

Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. --South.

Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate. --Burke.

2. To put an end to; to do away with. --Shak.

Syn: To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See Abolish.

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