† roveison Obs. rare.
In 4 roueiso(u)n, rouyson.
[a. OF. roveison, etc.:—L. rogātiōn-em: see rogation.]
pl. Rogations.
| c 1300 S. Eng. Leg., Litany (MS. Harl.), Þe feste of þe Roueisons þe lasse Letanie is. Ibid. (MS. Ashm.), Wen me aboute feldes goþ wiþ baners as ȝe iseþ Þre dawes & uasteþ ek, þat me clupeþ þe rouysons. Ibid., St. Edmund in E.E.P. (1862) 80 In o tyme of þe roueisouns þis holi man also Prechede a dai at Oxenford. |