bede vs rogation

bede

noun
  • Prayer, request, supplication 

  • A kind of pickaxe. 

  • Rosary. 

verb
  • pray, offer, proffer 

  • present, counsel, advise, rede, exhort 

  • proclaim, declare 

  • request, demand, order, command, forbid 

rogation

noun
  • A deeply serious and somber prayer or entreaty. 

  • The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree. 

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