litany
noun
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.
litanies
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pluralof litany.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Because these kinds of litanies are not rare, I get why actor, writer, and producer Issa Rae, the woman behind "Insecure" and "Rap Sh!t," is over it.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2023
As was also the case with Tom Stoppard’s Broadway hit “Leopoldstadt,” I sometimes felt in “Otto Frank” that the names of the camps and the litanies of loss were being dragooned into dramatic service illegitimately.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
The emails that straggle through are litanies of the wreckage he’s seeing every day, interspersed with guilt and remorse at their separation.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Reports from the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia became litanies of broken records: Temperatures in the Arctic region of Arkhangelsk were a staggering 14.4 degrees Fahrenheit above normal in December.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2020
These are the kinds of litanies I use, to compose myself.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
