rogation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin rogātiō, from rogō (“request”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rogation (countable and uncountable, plural rogations)
- A deeply serious and somber prayer or entreaty.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in use.
- (historical, Roman antiquity) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.