/roh gay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. Usually, rogations . Eccles. solemn supplication, esp. as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
2. Rom. Hist.
a. the proposing by the consuls or tribunes of a law to be passed by the people.
b. a law so proposed.
[ 1350-1400; ME rogacio ( u ) n rogation- (s. of rogatio ), equiv. to rogat ( us ) (ptp. of rogare to ask, beg) + -ion- -ION ]