Ro-gā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. rogatio, from rogare, rogatum, to ask, beg, supplicate; Fr. rogation, Pr. rogazo, roazo, Sp. rogacion, It. rogazione.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people.
2. Litany; supplication.

He perfecteth the rogations or litanies before in use. Hooker. Rogation days (Eccl.), the three days immediately before the festival of Ascension;—so called as being days of special supplication.—Rogation week, the second week before Whit-Sunday, in which these days occur.