litany
A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are…A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
» The defendant is being accused of a litany of criminal and civil offenses.
Подсудимого обвиняют в совершении целого ряда уголовных и гражданских правонарушений.
Meaning
2 sensesA ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
Litanei
лита́нияlitánija, ектенья́jektenʹjá
a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
(figuratively)A prolonged or tedious list.
Near-synonym: jeremiad
Litanei
лита́нияlitánija
any long and tedious address or recital
Examples
4 sentencesThe defendant is being accused of a litany of criminal and civil offenses.
ruПодсудимого обвиняют в совершении целого ряда уголовных и гражданских правонарушений.
A litany of taste tests enabled Hugo to distinguish between a variety of pastes.
The calendar, the hours, the seven psalms, and the litany are in almost all the manuscripts.
Tom didn't want to hear Mary's litany of woes, but he sat quietly and listened.
deTom wollte sich Marias Sorgenkatalog zwar nicht anhören, aber er saß trotzdem still da und lieh sein Ohr.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English, from Old French letanie, from Latin litania, from Ancient Greek λιτανFrom Middle English, from Old French letanie, from Latin litania, from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía, “prayer”), from λιτή (litḗ, “prayer, entreaty”).
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