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单词 litany
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Definition of litany in English:

litany

nounPlural litanies ˈlɪt(ə)niˈlɪtni
  • 1A series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people.

    连祷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For many who are, like Peter, in the course of progressive dementia, litanies, prayers, and hymns often have a deep emotional significance.
    • The book concludes with some litanies in honor of Mary.
    • And as the shadows deepen I light my candles and abjure the cold evening by gripping the picture and mouthing a litany of His name.
    • The second type is worship without the sacraments that incorporates a more ‘contemporary’ style of litanies, music, prayers, and readings.
    • In 1545 he wrote a litany that is still used in the church.
    • Its structural references are historical - to the Greek chorus articulating emotionally freighted communal reactions, and to the polyphonic litanies and choral works of medieval Christian churches.
    • Display the worship prayers and litanies on the screen in a typeface large enough to be seen from the back of the worship space.
    • Many times in my life, I have heard Perpetua and Felicity mentioned in litanies of saints and prayers of the Church.
    • Diviners started to include seven Psalms with litanies and prayers.
    • So out went audible responses, the minister's surplice and the litany.
    • The rite involves incense, candles, litanies and novenas, and set hymns, often in Latin.
    • One day just before Easter, we joined a procession which wound along singing litanies, in and out of four churches, before finishing at Santa Chiara, a sort of liturgical pub crawl.
    • Gone are the days when the community of Sisters which at times numbered about twenty were in their pews at 6.30 am reciting their prayers and litanies.
    • We went then from the cold church in solemn procession, singing litanies into the thin air.
    • Each of the first four sections includes prayers, litanies, and many other types of texts.
    • Throughout the 1770s, nevertheless, dramatic works took second place to liturgical demands, including mass settings of increasing intensity, litanies, vespers, and a series of church sonatas.
    Synonyms
    prayer, invocation, petition, supplication, devotion, entreaty
    archaic orison
    1. 1.1 A litany contained in the Book of Common Prayer.
      连祷文
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This was initiated by the singing of Veni, Creator and the Litany, and the saying of several long prayers.
      • Sympathetically, they sang to him penitential psalms, particularly the Miserere, and the Litany of Loreto, while he gazed at a panel from their diverse collection of tavolette.
      • About the same time the primers were revised, and the King's Primer issued in 1545 in the interest of uniformity; it included the English Litany.
      • There is also a brief homily on the saints and the universal call to holiness, night prayer, and a candlelight procession to the cloister's reliquary while chanting the Litany of the Saints.
      • When the Litany is sung or said immediately before the Eucharist, the Litany concludes here, and the Eucharist begins with the Salutation and the Collect of the Day.
  • 2A tedious recital or repetitive series.

    枯燥冗长的一串文字

    a litany of complaints

    一连串抱怨。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The litany continues for well over three hundred pages, but there is little point in following it further.
    • It would have been easy, however, for them to dump out a litany of complaints and call it a day.
    • Sorry, but I don't have any more time to address your litany of other complaints.
    • Ugh, I just can't bear to sit through a litany of her illnesses and complaints and all of that right now.
    • There is a whole litany of character traits like this in all of us.
    • A friend who is simply willing to listen to someone's litany of woes may save a life.
    • I don't want to hear your litany of complaints.
    • A similar litany of complaints might have come from any United follower in the street, which is why fan endorsement has been nearly unanimous.
    • He's forced to watch a videotape of her reading off a litany of complaints about their dysfunctional marriage.
    • But the litany of complaints from Government officials cannot be taken up by anyone other than themselves.
    • The gizmo had no sense of how long each step might take, and continued its litany of orders while the user would likely still be occupied with a previous task.
    • His Columbia University office was ransacked and he was subject to a seemingly endless litany of lies about his character.
    • Professor Jones recites the grim litany of human tragedies that have plagued our planet over the last 100 years.
    • I no longer have time for your garbled emails, and now your litany of lies.
    • Nothing is more depressing than a never-ending litany of vandalism, muggings and burglaries.
    • Oh yes, I trotted out the whole litany of familiar negatives.
    • Early chapters review the usual tiresome litany of depressing problems caused by traditional approaches to building and other human endeavors.
    • For twenty minutes my hostess listed the now familiar litany of complaints.
    • As he recites this depressing litany, there is steel in his voice.
    • Most kitchen designers hear this litany of complaints at least once a week.
    Synonyms
    recital, recitation, repetition, enumeration, account, refrain
    list, listing, catalogue, inventory, roll

Origin

Middle English: from Old French letanie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek litaneia 'prayer', from litē 'supplication'.

Rhymes

Brittany, dittany

Definition of litany in US English:

litany

nounˈlɪtniˈlitnē
  • 1A series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people.

    连祷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its structural references are historical - to the Greek chorus articulating emotionally freighted communal reactions, and to the polyphonic litanies and choral works of medieval Christian churches.
    • The rite involves incense, candles, litanies and novenas, and set hymns, often in Latin.
    • Many times in my life, I have heard Perpetua and Felicity mentioned in litanies of saints and prayers of the Church.
    • Gone are the days when the community of Sisters which at times numbered about twenty were in their pews at 6.30 am reciting their prayers and litanies.
    • Each of the first four sections includes prayers, litanies, and many other types of texts.
    • Throughout the 1770s, nevertheless, dramatic works took second place to liturgical demands, including mass settings of increasing intensity, litanies, vespers, and a series of church sonatas.
    • For many who are, like Peter, in the course of progressive dementia, litanies, prayers, and hymns often have a deep emotional significance.
    • And as the shadows deepen I light my candles and abjure the cold evening by gripping the picture and mouthing a litany of His name.
    • The second type is worship without the sacraments that incorporates a more ‘contemporary’ style of litanies, music, prayers, and readings.
    • One day just before Easter, we joined a procession which wound along singing litanies, in and out of four churches, before finishing at Santa Chiara, a sort of liturgical pub crawl.
    • The book concludes with some litanies in honor of Mary.
    • In 1545 he wrote a litany that is still used in the church.
    • Diviners started to include seven Psalms with litanies and prayers.
    • Display the worship prayers and litanies on the screen in a typeface large enough to be seen from the back of the worship space.
    • So out went audible responses, the minister's surplice and the litany.
    • We went then from the cold church in solemn procession, singing litanies into the thin air.
    Synonyms
    prayer, invocation, petition, supplication, devotion, entreaty
    1. 1.1 A tedious recital or repetitive series.
      枯燥冗长的一串文字
      a litany of complaints

      一连串抱怨。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ugh, I just can't bear to sit through a litany of her illnesses and complaints and all of that right now.
      • It would have been easy, however, for them to dump out a litany of complaints and call it a day.
      • Oh yes, I trotted out the whole litany of familiar negatives.
      • Most kitchen designers hear this litany of complaints at least once a week.
      • His Columbia University office was ransacked and he was subject to a seemingly endless litany of lies about his character.
      • A friend who is simply willing to listen to someone's litany of woes may save a life.
      • The gizmo had no sense of how long each step might take, and continued its litany of orders while the user would likely still be occupied with a previous task.
      • I don't want to hear your litany of complaints.
      • Sorry, but I don't have any more time to address your litany of other complaints.
      • For twenty minutes my hostess listed the now familiar litany of complaints.
      • A similar litany of complaints might have come from any United follower in the street, which is why fan endorsement has been nearly unanimous.
      • Early chapters review the usual tiresome litany of depressing problems caused by traditional approaches to building and other human endeavors.
      • Professor Jones recites the grim litany of human tragedies that have plagued our planet over the last 100 years.
      • The litany continues for well over three hundred pages, but there is little point in following it further.
      • He's forced to watch a videotape of her reading off a litany of complaints about their dysfunctional marriage.
      • As he recites this depressing litany, there is steel in his voice.
      • But the litany of complaints from Government officials cannot be taken up by anyone other than themselves.
      • Nothing is more depressing than a never-ending litany of vandalism, muggings and burglaries.
      • I no longer have time for your garbled emails, and now your litany of lies.
      • There is a whole litany of character traits like this in all of us.
      Synonyms
      recital, recitation, repetition, enumeration, account, refrain

Origin

Middle English: from Old French letanie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek litaneia ‘prayer’, from litē ‘supplication’.

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