rogation

rogation
rogation late 14c., from L. rogatio (gen. rogationis), from rogatus, pp. of rogare "to ask," apparently an image, lit. "to stretch out (the hand)," from PIE *rog-, 0-grade form of root *reg- "move in a straight line" (see REGAL (Cf. regal)). 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.

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  • Rogation — Ro*ga 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rogation — ⇒ROGATION, subst. fém. A. ANTIQ. ROMAINE. Projet de loi soumis à l approbation du peuple romain réuni en comice. Il présenta un nouveau projet de décret, ou une rogation, qui complétait en quelque sorte sa loi agraire (MÉRIMÉE, Essai guerre soc …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • rogation — [rō gā′shən] n. [ME rogacioun < L rogatio, question, in LL(Ec), prayer, entreaty < rogare, to ask, orig., to stretch out the hand; akin to regere: see RIGHT] 1. Eccles. solemn ceremonial petitioning, specif. on the Rogation Days usually… …   English World dictionary

  • Rogation — Rogatiōn (lat.), Bitte, Bittschrift, Bittgang; Gesetzesvorschlag …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rogation — Rogation, lat. dtsch., Frage; Bitte Gesetzesvorschlag; rogatorium, Bitt schreiben …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • rogation — noun Etymology: Middle English rogacion, from Late Latin rogation , rogatio, from Latin, questioning, from rogare to ask more at right Date: 14th century 1. litany, supplication 2. the religious observance of the Rogation Days often used in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rogation — /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… …   Universalium

  • Rogation — Prayers and litanies said on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Ascension Day form part of the Minor Rogation . The Major Rogation took place on 25 April, when prayers were said for the growing harvest …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • rogation —   n. special prayer for Rogation Days.    ♦ Rogation Days, three days before Ascension   Day …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • rogation — n. (usu. in pl.) Eccl. a solemn supplication consisting of the litany of the saints chanted on the three days before Ascension day. Phrases and idioms: Rogation Days the three days before Ascension Day. Rogation Sunday the Sunday preceding these …   Useful english dictionary

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