Each of the three days preceding Ascension Day (Holy Thursday), during which religious processions take place; a Rogation Day. Chiefly in plural. Cf…

Going; gait; travelling, journey; course.

= Rogation Days n. at rogation, n. compounds 2; cf. Gang Day, n.

= rogation, n. 1a. Also in Feast of the Roveisons n. the three days preceding Ascension Day, during which the rogations are chanted.

Christian Church. The Litany of the Saints, as chanted on the three days before Ascension Day. Also: the days set aside for these prayers. Cf. rov…

a day on which a procession is made; spec. (in plural) †the Rogation Days (obsolete); cf. Gang Day, 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…

The Rogation Days, or three days preceding Ascension Day.