Definitions for litanies

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litanies lit·a·ny

Spelling: [lit-n-ee]

IPA: /ˈlɪt n i/

Litanies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 377 anagrams from letters in litanies (aeiilnst).

Definitions for litanies

noun

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:

Origin of litanies

before 900; Late Latin litanīa Late Greek litaneía litany, Greek: an entreating, equivalent to litan- (stem of litaínein, variant of litaneúein to pray) + -eia -y^3<

Examples for litanies

But does anyone think this litany of tasks is an appropriate use of physician time?

Well, despite the litany of issues at hand, this is an absolute win-win for Jackson.

Fink ran through a litany of concerns: China, Japan, “the nonsense in Washington,” the Federal Reserve.

The Cheetahs Among McCarthy's litany of totally weird, inspired flourishes, is a pair of domestic cheetahs.

The petition had not yet been erased from the litany—why should it ever have been?

At 11.30 we had the litany, at which I was able to be present, on deck.

Among the litany of things the shutdown will mess up, you can add our nascent housing recovery.

They prayed for the cause of missions in their Sunday litany.

This was his commendation, from hour to hour; it made up the litany of his gratitude for what she had been to him.

I was able to attend the litany at 11.30, and evening service at 4.