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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
litany /ˈlɪt(ə)ni/

▶noun (pl. litanies)

1 a series of petitions used in church services, usually recited by the clergy and responded to by the people.
■ (the Litany) such petitions in the Book of Common Prayer.

2 a tedious or repetitive series: a litany of complaints.

– origin ME: from OFr. letanie, via eccles. L. from Gk litaneia ‘prayer’, from litē ‘supplication’.

'litany' also found in these Oxford entries:

rogation - suffrage

Forum discussions with the word(s) "litany" in the title:

a litany of presidential pecadilloes [also: peccadillos]
at this last awkward tribute. A short litany, a vast brief Amen

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