ROGATION


Meaning of ROGATION in English

n. (usu. in pl.) Eccl. a solemn supplication consisting of the litany of the saints chanted on the three days before Ascension day. Rogation Days the three days before Ascension Day. Rogation Sunday the Sunday preceding these. rogational adj.

[ ME f. L rogatio f. rogare ask ]

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