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| lit·a·ny [ lítt'nee ] (plural lit·a·nies) |
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1. long repetitious list: a long and repetitious list of things such as complaints or problems
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2. prayers during worship: in a Christian service, a series of sung or spoken liturgical prayers or requests for the blessing of God, including invocations from a priest or minister and responses from a congregation
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| [13th century. Via French< ecclesiastical Latin litania< Greek litaneia "prayer" < litanos "entreating" < litē "supplication"] |
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