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1. (n.) litany
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses.
2. litany
a prolonged or tedious account:
a whole litany of complaints.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME letanie, OE letanīa < ML, LL litanīa < LGk litaneía litany, Gk: entreaty, n. der. of litaínein or litaneúein to pray)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) litany
any long and tedious address or recital
"the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures"
2. (noun) Litany
a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) litany
a solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. litany
a form of supplication in connection with some impending calamity in which the prayer of the priest or officiating clergyman is responded to by the congregation.
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