rogation

American  

[roh-gey-shuhn] / roʊˈgeɪ ʃən /

noun

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

2. Roman History.

   1. the proposing by the consuls or tribunes of a law to be passed by the people.

   2. a law so proposed.

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rogation British  

/ rəʊˈɡeɪʃən /

noun

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

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

We have replaced that heathen chant by another, and our cathedrals reverberate constantly with the musical rogation, "We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord," uttered more than a score of times.

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Carry it with you in your rogation to Santa Barbara this evening, and I will stand here and pray for you.”

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To prevent the Tribune from putting these rogations to the vote, the Consuls declared a justitium, during which no business could be legally transacted.

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Meanwhile the unspeakable bigot, Philip, was wasting his time in processions, rogations, and fasts, for the relief of the town, while he stirred no finger to help it in any effective manner.

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In Gaul about the year 452, S. Mamertus bishop of Vienne appointed solemn litanies to be recited on the three rogation days.

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