litany of Supplication

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• litany — /lit n ee/, n., pl. litanies. 1. 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. 2. the Litany, the supplication in this form in the… …   Universalium

• Litany — • A form of responsive prayer, used in public liturgical services and private devotions Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Litany     Litany      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• litany — c.1200, from O.Fr. letanie and directly from M.L. letania, L.L. litania (Cf. Sp. letania, It. litania), from Gk. litaneia litany, an entreating, from lite prayer, supplication, entreaty, of unknown origin. From notion of monotonous enumeration of …   Etymology dictionary

• Litany — Lit a*ny (l[i^]t [.a]*n[y^]), n.; pl. {Litanies} (l[i^]t [.a]*n[i^]z). [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr. litanei a, fr. litaney ein to pray, akin to li tesqai, li ssesqai, to pray, lith prayer.] A solemn form of supplication… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• litany — [n] recital of items, often part of religious services account, catalogue, enumeration, invocation, list, petition, prayer, recitation, refrain, repetition, supplication, tale; concepts 278,368 …   New thesaurus

• litany — ► NOUN (pl. litanies) 1) a series of petitions used in church services, usually recited by the clergy and responded to by the people. 2) a tedious recital. ORIGIN Greek litaneia prayer , from lit supplication …   English terms dictionary

• Litany, The —    The word Litany is of Greek origin, from litancia, derived from lite, meaning a prayer. In the early Church Litany included all supplications and prayers whether public or private. Afterwards it came to mean a special supplication, offered… …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• Litany — A litany, in Christian worship, is a form of prayer used in church services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. The word comes from the Latin litania , from the Greek λιτή ( litê ), meaning prayer or supplication .For the… …   Wikipedia

• litany — /ˈlɪtəni / (say lituhnee) noun (plural litanies) 1. a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses which are the same for a number in succession. 2. Also, the Litany. the general… …  

• litany — [ lɪt(ə)ni] noun (plural 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 …   English new terms dictionary

• litany — noun 1) reciting the litany Syn: prayer, invocation, supplication, devotion; archaic orison 2) a litany of complaints Syn: recital, recitation, enumeration; list, listing, catalog, inventory …   Thesaurus of popular words