(thing) by chromaticblue Fri Oct 27 2000 at 18:34:12

These are the three days before Ascension Day, formerly a time widely observed as a period of solemn ceremonial petitioning.

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(thing) by EverybodysCyclopedia Sat Jul 01 2006 at 20:03:16

Rogation Days, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Holy Thursday or Ascension Day, so called from the supplications or litanies which are appointed in the Roman Catholic church to be sung or recited in public procession by the clergy and people.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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