litany
noun/ˈlɪtəni/
/ˈlɪtəni/
(plural litanies)
- a series of prayers to God for use in church services, spoken by a priest, etc., with set responses by the people
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- litany (of something) (formal) a long boring account of a series of events, reasons, etc.
- a litany of complaints
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French letanie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek litaneia ‘prayer’, from litē ‘supplication’.
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