rogation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rogation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rogation n a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rogation \Roga"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.