Definitions for rogations

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rogations ro·ga·tion

Spelling: [roh-gey-shuh n]

IPA: /roʊˈgeɪ ʃən/

Rogations is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 606 anagrams from letters in rogations (aginoorst).

Definitions for rogations

noun

1. Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
2. Roman History. the proposing by the consuls or tribunes of a law to be passed by the people. a law so proposed.

Origin of rogations

1350-1400; Middle English rogacio(u)n Latin rogātiōn- (stem of rogātiō), equivalent to rogāt(us) (past participle of rogāre to ask, beg) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for rogations

It was the first of the rogation days, which an Anglican may see, in his book of common-prayer, noted as days of abstinence.

Without the psalms they are said on the feast of Saint Mark and on the three rogation days.

To have no definite date conveyed by the term 'rogation Sunday' is to the clerical mind gross ignorance.