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Definition of Rogation day
1. Noun. One of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rogation Day
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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