Litany Definition & Meaning

litany
noun
  1. any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures"
  2. a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation

"Litany" in song lyrics

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  • "easter litany"
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