Litany
1Litany — • A form of responsive prayer, used in public liturgical services and private devotions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Litany Litany …
2Litany — Johannes Chrysostomos Genre Musique contemporaine Musique …
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4litany — c.1200, from O.Fr. letanie and directly from M.L. letania, L.L. litania (Cf. Sp. letania, It. litania), from Gk. litaneia litany, an entreating, from lite prayer, supplication, entreaty, of unknown origin. From notion of monotonous enumeration of …
5litany — litany, liturgy A litany (from Greek litē ‘prayer’) is a prayer couched in the form of a sequence of petitions. It has a figurative use in expressions such as a litany of curses or woes. A liturgy (from Greek leitourgia ‘public service, public… …
6Litany — Lit a*ny (l[i^]t [.a]*n[y^]), n.; pl. {Litanies} (l[i^]t [.a]*n[i^]z). [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr. litanei a, fr. litaney ein to pray, akin to li tesqai, li ssesqai, to pray, lith prayer.] A solemn form of supplication… …
7litany — [n] recital of items, often part of religious services account, catalogue, enumeration, invocation, list, petition, prayer, recitation, refrain, repetition, supplication, tale; concepts 278,368 …
8litany — ► NOUN (pl. litanies) 1) a series of petitions used in church services, usually recited by the clergy and responded to by the people. 2) a tedious recital. ORIGIN Greek litaneia prayer , from lit supplication …
9litany — [lit′ n ē] n. pl. litanies [ME letanie < OFr < LL(Ec) litania < Gr(Ec) litaneia < Gr litanos, pleading < litē, a request] 1. a series of fixed invocations and responses, used as a prayer 2. any dreary or repetitive recital or… …
10Litany — A litany, in Christian worship, is a form of prayer used in church services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. The word comes from the Latin litania , from the Greek λιτή ( litê ), meaning prayer or supplication .For the… …