rogation

[ roh-gey-shuhn ]

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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.

Origin of rogation

1350–1400; Middle English rogacio(u)n<Latin rogātiōn- (stem of rogātiō), equivalent to rogāt(us) (past participle of rogāre to ask, beg) + -iōn--ion

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How to use rogation in a sentence

Black is used on Good Friday: and on days of abstinence and affliction: and also in rogations.
Churches and Church Ornaments | William Durandus
The diet is to be the same as in Quadragesima; clerks not observing these rogations are to be punished by the bishop.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 | Various
Condition of the Country at the time of the Gracchan Rogations.
Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic | Andrew Stephenson

British Dictionary definitions for rogation

rogation

/ (rəʊˈɡeɪʃən) /

noun

(usually plural) Christianity a solemn supplication, esp in a form of ceremony prescribed by the Church

Origin of rogation

C14: from Latin rogātiō, from rogāre to ask, make supplication

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