Definition of Rogation day

1. Noun. One of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication.

Generic synonyms: Christian Holy Day

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rogation Day

Rodina
Rodinia
Rodney
Rodney George Laver
Rodolia
Rodolia cardinalis
Rodrigo Borgia
Rodya Raskolnikov
Roebling
Roentgen
Roentgen-ray
Roesler-Bressler infarct
Rog
Rogaine
Rogaland
Rogation Day
Roger's bruit
Roger's murmur
Roger's reflex
Roger-Anderson pin fixation appliance
Roger Bacon
Roger Bannister
Roger Brooke Taney
Roger Eliot Fry
Roger Fry
Roger Huntington Sessions
Roger Sessions
Roger Sherman

Literary usage of Rogation day

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cambridge Antiquarian Communications (1881)
"No doubt the sign conveys some allusion to the religious rites which were observed on this day, it being the great rogation day, ..."

2. Journal of the ... Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in by Episcopal Church (1889)
"rogation day. Gave my canonical consent to the consecration of the Rev. ... rogation day. Sent a certified copy of the Clergy List of the Diocese to the ..."

3. Description of a Norwegian Clog-calendar: Communicated to the Cambridge by Eiríkr Magnússon (1879)
"No doubt the sign conveys some allusion to the religious rites which were observed on this day, it being the great rogation day, ..."

4. The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments: A Translation of the First by Guillaume Durand (1906)
"And from the morning of the first rogation day this rite is prohibited until the octave of Whitsuntide inclusively : and so saith Pope Clement in his ..."

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