| 单词 | rogation days |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRogation Days Rogation Days n. the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday preceding Ascension Day (cf. Gang Day n.); (in singular) one of these days; (also) a day set aside for fasting and prayer usually celebrated on April 25.The Rogation Day on April 25 and the three Rogation Days preceding Ascension Day are sometimes distinguished respectively as ‘the major Rogation Day’ and ‘the minor Rogation Days’; cf. Greater and Lesser Litany at litany n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Sunday before Ascension > [noun] > week following > days in Gang DayeOE ȝongdawesc950 going daysa1250 roveisonc1300 rogationa1387 procession daya1450 Rogation Daysa1450 cross-days1501 a1450 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Bodl.) (1984) 9 (MED) From Esterne to Whitsontyde, outake rogacioun days and withsone eue, thou shalt ete at mydday and sithen at euene. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments f. 476v I wold..that you would but once search and set out the first origin of these Rogation days. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rogations, Rogation dayes, the Rogation weeke. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, call'd Rogations, or Rogation Days. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 696/1 The three days before Ascension..are still known in the English Church as Rogation Days. 1933 R. Tuve Seasons & Months i. 40 Whatever remnants of fertility cult lie behind such English folk customs as..‘Rogation Day’. 1985 Anglo-Saxon Eng. 14 123 The Rogation Day of 25 April, with its ‘Roman’ title of Letania Maiora, has a very brief description. 2005 Daily Mail (Nexis) 18 May 62 In 1969, the Roman Catholic Church..recognised Rogation Days as periods of prayer for the needs of mankind, the fruits of the earth and the work of men's hands. < as lemmas |
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