rogationn.

Etymology: < Middle French rogacion, rogation (French rogation ) submission by a consul or tribune of a proposed law for acceptance by the people, also a law so submitted and accepted (both c1355 in a translation of Livy, subsequently from 1701), (chiefly in plural) the Litany of the Saints, as chanted on the three days before Ascension Day (end of the 14th cent. in plural rogations ) and its etymon classical Latin rogātiōn-, rogātiō request, invitation, act or process of questioning, proposed measure put before a Roman assembly for approval as law, bill, in post-classical Latin also (in plural) litanies sung during the three days preceding Ascension Day (6th cent.; frequently from 11th cent. in British sources) < rogāt- , past participial stem of rogāre to ask, to question, to ask for, to request (probably ultimately < the same Indo-European base as rech v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan roazó (late 12th cent.; also rogazo ), Spanish rogación (a1250), Italian rogazione (second half of the 14th cent. as †rogatione ), and earlier roveison n. In plural Rogations in sense 1 after post-classical Latin Rogationes, Rogaciones (6th cent.); compare Middle French Rogacions, Middle French, French Rogations (end of the 14th cent.), Old Occitan rogazos (13th–14th cent.), Spanish Rogaciones (second half of the 13th cent.), Italian Rogazioni (second half of the 14th cent.), plural nouns.With Rogation Days n. at Compounds 2 compare post-classical Latin dies rogationis (1327 in a British source), Middle French jour des rogacions (second half of the 15th cent.; French jour des rogations).