Rogation

[rәu'geiʃәn]

Definition

(noun.) a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church.

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Definition

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

(n.) Litany; supplication.

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Definition

n. an asking: supplication.—n.pl. Rogā′tion-days the three days before the festival of Ascension the Litany being anciently recited in procession then.—ns. Rogā′tion-flow′er the milk-wort; Rogā′tion-Sun′day that before Ascension-day; Rogā′tion-week the week in which the rogation-days occur.—adj. Rog′atory.

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