rogation

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It happened therefore in a rogation weeke that the cleargie going in solemn procession a controversie fell between them about certaine walkes and limits which the one side claimed and the other denied.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by White, Gleeson

Carry it with you in your rogation to Santa Barbara this evening, and I will stand here and pray for you.”

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

In Gaul about the year 452, S. Mamertus bishop of Vienne appointed solemn litanies to be recited on the three rogation days.

From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Baggs, Charles Michael