rogation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Borrowed from Latin rogātiō, from rogō (“request”). By surface analysis, Latin rog- + -ate + -ion.

Rogation week is still known as gang-week. — The Beginnings of Poetry, Francis Barton Gummere
Three days in the year, the Rogation Days, when the ground half opens to receive the fruitful rain sent by the Lord, Marienka returns to the earth. — Laboulaye's Fairy Book, Édouard Laboulaye
They had their Bacchanalia; and we have our Wakes, answering to them: They their Saturnalia, and we our Carnevalls, and Shrove-tuesdays liberty of Servants: They their Procession of Priapus; wee our fetching in, erection, and dancing about May-poles; and Dancing is one kind of Worship: They had their Procession called Ambarvalia; and we our Procession about the fields in the Rogation Week. — Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes

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