ALL meanings of litany
lit·a·ny
L l - noun litany 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. 1
- noun plural litany 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. 1
- noun plural litany the Litany, the supplication in this form in the Book of Common Prayer. 1
- noun plural litany a recitation or recital that resembles a litany. 1
- noun plural litany a prolonged or tedious account: We heard the whole litany of their complaints. 1
- noun litany religious prayer 1
- noun litany list or recitation 1
- countable noun litany If you describe what someone says as a litany of things, you mean that you have heard it many times before, and you think it is boring or insincere. 0
- countable noun litany A litany is part of a church service in which the priest says a set group of words and the people reply, also using a set group of words. 0
- noun litany any long or tedious speech or recital 0
- noun litany a series of fixed invocations and responses, used as a prayer 0
- noun litany any dreary or repetitive recital or account 0
- noun litany A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. 0
- noun litany A prolonged or tedious account. 0