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Definitions for Litany

[1] 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.
[2] the Litany, the supplication in this form in the Book of Common Prayer.
[3] a recitation or recital that resembles a litany.
[4] a prolonged or tedious account: We heard the whole litany of their complaints.
[5] Christianity a form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations, each followed by an unvarying response the Litany the general supplication in this form included in the Book of Common Prayer
[6] any long or tedious speech or recital

Words related to Litany

recitation, repetition, catalogue, account, list, enumeration, tale, supplication, refrain, prayer, invocation, petition

Words nearby Litany

lit up, lit-crit, lit., lit.b., lit.d., litany, litas, litchi, litchi nut, lite, liter

Origin of Litany

before 900; < Late Latin litanīa < Late Greek litaneía litany, Greek: an entreating, equivalent to litan- (stem of litaínein, variant of litaneúein to pray) + -eia -y3; replacing Middle English letanie, Old English letanīa < Medieval Latin, Late Latin, as above

Words that may be confused with Litany

litany, liturgy

Word origin for Litany

C13: via Old French from Medieval Latin litanīa from Late Greek litaneia prayer, ultimately from Greek litē entreaty

Synonyms for Litany

catalogue, recitation, repetition, account, enumeration, invocation, list, petition, prayer, refrain, supplication, tale