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An interrogation; a question. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

ions . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin. Hooker.

the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. Shipley. -- Procession week, a name for Rogation week, when processions were made; Cross-week. Shipley.

An interrogation point [] as the sign of a question or a doubt.

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.

tc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term. It was resolved that the convocation should meet at the…

spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation. Burril.

To do more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality. The fervency of one man in prayer can not supererogate for the coldness of another. Milton.

To say by way of derogation or contradiction. [Obs.] Spenser.

A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.