Usually means: Lengthy recitation or repetitive series.
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  1. litany: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  4. litany: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. litany, the Litany: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. litany: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. litany: Wiktionary
  10. litany: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. litany: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. litany: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. litany, the litany: Dictionary.com
  14. litany: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. litany: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Litany (album), Litany (disambiguation), Litany: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  18. litany: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  21. litany: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  23. litany: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  24. litany: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. Litany: Catholic Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (litany)

▸ noun:  A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
▸ noun:  (figurative) A prolonged or tedious list.

Similar:
Lesser Litany, litany desk, responsorial, ektenia, respond, laud, alleluia, versicle, Sanctus, invitatory, more...

Opposite:
eulogy

Types:
repetition, recitation, catena, chorus, incantation, mantra, dirge, elegy, more...

Phrases:
litany desk, the litany, Litany of the Saints, litany stool, Litany of humility, more...

Adjectives:
long, familiar, whole, usual, same, endless, solemn, old, standard, short, entire


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Similar:
Lesser Litany, litany desk, responsorial, ektenia, respond, laud, alleluia, versicle, Sanctus, invitatory, more...

Opposite:
eulogy

Types:
repetition, recitation, catena, chorus, incantation, mantra, dirge, elegy, more...

Phrases:
litany desk, the litany, Litany of the Saints, litany stool, Litany of humility, Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a litany, litany meaning, more...

Adjectives:
long, familiar, whole, usual, same, endless, solemn, old, standard, short, entire



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