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  • noun Plural form of rogation.

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Examples

  • "rogations" are much affected by Darwayshes, or begging friars, whom Europe politely divides Unto "dancing" and "howling"; and, on one occasion, greatly to the scandal of certain Engländerinns to whom I was showing the Ezbekiyah I joined the ring of "howlers."

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • On February 20th, 1943, after a couple of weeks of ominous earth tremors and strange underground sounds, the Paricutín volcano in Michoacán, erupted among prayers and rogations, fire displays and intense noise.

    Paricutín, The Volcano, Michoacán 2006

  • By February, 1944, the speed of the lava flow was increasing, in spite of the prayers, masses and rogations.

    Paricutín, The Volcano, Michoacán 2006

  • On February 20th, 1943, after a couple of weeks of ominous earth tremors and strange underground sounds, the Paricutín volcano in Michoacán, erupted among prayers and rogations, fire displays and intense noise.

    Paricutín, The Volcano, Michoacán 2006

  • These “rogations” are much affected by Darwayshes, or begging friars, whom Europe politely divides Unto

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • By February, 1944, the speed of the lava flow was increasing, in spite of the prayers, masses and rogations.

    Paricutín, The Volcano, Michoacán 2006

  • By February, 1944, the speed of the lava flow was increasing, in spite of the prayers, masses and rogations.

    Paricutín, The Volcano, Michoacán 2006

  • On February 20th, 1943, after a couple of weeks of ominous earth tremors and strange underground sounds, the Paricutín volcano in Michoacán, erupted among prayers and rogations, fire displays and intense noise.

    Paricutín, The Volcano, Michoacán 2006

  • On February 20th, 1943, after a couple of weeks of ominous earth tremors and strange underground sounds, the Paricutín volcano in Michoacán, erupted among prayers and rogations, fire displays and intense noise.

    Paricutín, The Volcano, Michoacán 2006

  • By February, 1944, the speed of the lava flow was increasing, in spite of the prayers, masses and rogations.

    Paricutín, The Volcano, Michoacán 2006

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