Litany

['lɪt(ə)nɪ] or ['lɪtəni]

Definition

(noun.) a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation.

(noun.) any long and tedious address or recital; 'the patient recited a litany of complaints'; 'a litany of failures'.

Inputed by Harlow--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.

Editor: Olivia

Definition

n. a prayer of supplication esp. in processions: an appointed form of responsive prayer in public worship in which the same thing is repeated several times at no long intervals.—ns. Lit′any-desk -stool in the English Church a movable desk at which a minister kneels facing the altar while he recites the litany.—Lesser litany the common formula 'Kyrie eleison Christe eleison Kyrie eleison.'

Checker: Mimi