rogation
pronunciation
How to pronounce rogation in British English:
UK [rəʊ'geɪʃən]
How to pronounce rogation in American English:
US [roʊ'geɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- a solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church
Word Origin
- rogation (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin rogationem (nominative rogatio) "an asking, prayer, entreaty," noun of action from past participle stem of rogare "to ask," apparently a figurative use and meaning literally "to stretch out (the hand)," from PIE *rog-, 0-grade form of root *reg- "move in a straight line" (see regal). Related: Rogations. Rogation days were the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Ascension Day, a time for processions round fields blessing crops and praying for good harvest, also blessing the boundary markers of each parish. Discouraged by Protestants as superstitious, but continued or revived in modified form as beating the bounds.
Example
- 1. Rogation already was in before two courtyards read the parliament in discussing , obtain through .