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Rogation Week

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Rogation Week [fr. rogando (Deum), Lat., supplicating God], the second week before Whit Sunday; thus called from three fasts observed therein, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, called Rogation days, because of the extraordinary prayers then made for the fruits of the earth, or as a preparation for the devotion of Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord.

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