/
ˈlɪt(ə)ni/
n.
(pl. litanies)
- a series of petitions used in church services, usually recited by the clergy and responded to by the people.
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(the Litany)
such petitions in the Book of Common Prayer.
- a tedious or repetitive series:
a litany of complaints.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. letanie, via eccles. L. from Gk litaneia ‘prayer’, from litē ‘supplication’.