rogation

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So that the Rogation Days bear the same relation to the plowing and sowing that Thanksgiving Day bears to the harvest.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

During the three Rogation days, which took the place of the Roman processional festivals of the Ambarvalia and Cerealia, the Dragon was carried as a symbol both in England and on the continent.

From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall

There the Rogation litanies had been over a hundred years in use; and these words form part of a Rogation litany used long after in Vienne, through which doubtless Augustine travelled.

From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by Hutton, William Holden

Violet, the emblem of penitence, is used in Advent, in the season from Septuagesima to Lent, in Lent, and also on Ember and Rogation days.

From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)

A plant termed in this country Gang Flower is the same as Rogation Flower, recalling the perambulation of parishes on one of those days.

From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George