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litany
[ lit-n-ee ]
noun
- a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- the Litany, the supplication in this form in the Book of Common Prayer.
- a recitation or recital that resembles a litany.
- a prolonged or tedious account:
We heard the whole litany of their complaints.
Synonyms: enumeration, catalog, list
litany
/ ˈlɪtənɪ /
noun
- Christianity
- a form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations, each followed by an unvarying response
- the general supplication in this form included in the Book of Common Prayer
- any long or tedious speech or recital
litany
- In many religions, a ritual repetition of prayers. Usually a clergyman or singer chants a prayer, and the congregation makes a response, such as “Lord, have mercy.”
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Origin of litany1
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Example Sentences
But does anyone think this litany of tasks is an appropriate use of physician time?
There has since been a shocking litany of thousands of cases of physical and sexual abuse of children.
Well, despite the litany of issues at hand, this is an absolute win-win for Jackson.
At which point you might recite the now-standard litany of “dark” Disney secrets.
Fink ran through a litany of concerns: China, Japan, “the nonsense in Washington,” the Federal Reserve.
If you can stand a few hours of talk from an old smacksman you may hear a sombre litany of horror.
The invocation, "Queen conceived without the stain of original sin," was added to the Litany of Loreto.
"Happen he gi' him both, and throwed in th' Litany," shouted another.
And she whispered back: "They will pray for those that travel by water in the Litany."
He then repeated a portion of the Litany of the Episcopal church, with apparent fervor.
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