Synonyms for litany

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lit-n-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪt n i

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Définition of litany

Origin : c.1200, from Old French letanie and directly from Medieval Latin letania, Late Latin litania (cf. Spanish letania, Italian litania), from Greek litaneia "litany, an entreating," from lite "prayer, supplication, entreaty," of unknown origin. From notion of monotonous enumeration of petitions in Christian prayer services came generalized sense of "repeated series," early 19c., borrowed from French.
For those who know the Greek words, a litany is a series of prayers, a liturgy is a canon of public service; the latter in practice includes prayer, but does not say so. [Fowler]

noun recital of items, often part of religious services

Example sentences :

This was his commendation, from hour to hour; it made up the litany of his gratitude for what she had been to him.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

At 11.30 we had the Litany, at which I was able to be present, on deck.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

I was able to attend the Litany at 11.30, and evening service at 4.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

The petition had not yet been erased from the Litany—why should it ever have been?
Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt

They prayed for the cause of missions in their Sunday Litany.
Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

So in a litany, published by Craig, a long series of gods is introduced.
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

And you and I, if we have said the Litany in spirit and in truth, have been praying for them.
Extract from : « True Words for Brave Men » by Charles Kingsley

The hermit was so absorbed in his litany that he heard nothing.
Extract from : « Roumanian Fairy Tales » by Various

To accustom the Indians to his mode of worship, he commenced chanting the litany of the Virgin.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

Your heart frames the responses to the litany of my remembrance.
Extract from : « The Poet at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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