English noun: litany | |||
1. | litany (communication) any long and tedious address or recital | ||
Samples | The patient recited a litany of complaints. A litany of failures. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | address, speech | ||
2. | Litany (communication) a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation | ||
Instance hypernym | prayer | ||
Part meronym | Book of Common Prayer | ||