rogation : Idioms & Phrases

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rogation day

  • noun one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
    Rogation Day.
WordNet

Rogation days

  • noun one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
    Rogation Day.
WordNet
  • (Eccl.), the three days which immediately precede Ascension Day; so called as being days on which the people, walking in procession, sang litanies of special supplication.
Webster 1913

Rogation flower

  • (Bot.), a European species of milkwort (Polygala vulgaris); so called from its former use for garlands in Rogation week. Dr. Prior.
Webster 1913

Rogation week

  • the second week before Whitsunday, in which the Rogation days occur.
Webster 1913