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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] letanie, from Anglo-French & Late [[Latin]]; Anglo-French, from Late Latin litania, from Late Greek litaneia, from [[Greek]], entreaty, from litanos supplicant
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a [[prayer]] consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate [[responses]] by the congregation
*2 a : a [[resonant]] or repetitive [[chant]] <a litany of cheering phrases — Herman Wouk> b : a usually lengthy recitation or enumeration <a familiar litany of complaints> c : a sizable series or set <a litany of problems>
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] letanie, from Anglo-French & Late [[Latin]]; Anglo-French, from Late Latin litania, from Late Greek litaneia, from [[Greek]], entreaty, from litanos supplicant
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Century 13th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : a [[prayer]] consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate [[responses]] by the congregation
*2 a : a [[resonant]] or repetitive [[chant]] <a litany of cheering phrases — Herman Wouk> b : a usually lengthy recitation or enumeration <a familiar litany of complaints> c : a sizable series or set <a litany of problems>
[[Category: General Reference]]