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   litany

   /ˈlɪtəni/

   noun

   • 1. a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people. Similar prayerinvocationpetitionsupplicationdevotionentreatyarchaic:orison
   • ▪ a litany contained in the Book of Common Prayer.
   • 2. a tedious recital or repetitive series: "a litany of complaints" Similar recitalrecitationrepetitionenumerationaccountrefrainlistlistingcatalogueinventoryroll

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French letanie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek litaneia ‘prayer’, from litē ‘supplication’.

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