rorate sunday

rorate sunday
\\rȯˈräd.ē-\ noun
Usage: capitalized R&S
Etymology: rorate from Latin, 2d person plural imperative of rorare to drip moisture, from ror-, ros dew; from the occurrence of rorate as the first word in the Latin form of the introit for the day in some Christian churches
: the fourth Sunday in Advent

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