英语词汇“litany”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

litany

/ˈlɪt(ə)ni

noun (plural litanies)

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.Many times in my life, I have heard Perpetua and Felicity mentioned in litanies of saints and prayers of the Church....

So out went audible responses, the minister's surplice and the litany.
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.

Synonyms

prayer, invocation, petition, supplication, devotion, entreaty

archaic orison

1.1 (the Litany) A litany contained in the Book of Common Prayer.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....

This was initiated by the singing of Veni, Creator and the Litany, and the saying of several long prayers.
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.

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

But the litany of complaints from Government officials cannot be taken up by anyone other than themselves.
A similar litany of complaints might have come from any United follower in the street, which is why fan endorsement has been nearly unanimous.
Sorry, but I don't have any more time to address your litany of other complaints.

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'.

单词	litany
释义	litany /ˈlɪt(ə)ni / noun (plural litanies) 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.Many times in my life, I have heard Perpetua and Felicity mentioned in litanies of saints and prayers of the Church.... So out went audible responses, the minister's surplice and the litany. 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. Synonyms prayer, invocation, petition, supplication, devotion, entreaty archaic orison 1.1 (the Litany) A litany contained in the Book of Common Prayer.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.... This was initiated by the singing of Veni, Creator and the Litany, and the saying of several long prayers. 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. 2A tedious recital or repetitive series: a litany of complaints... But the litany of complaints from Government officials cannot be taken up by anyone other than themselves. A similar litany of complaints might have come from any United follower in the street, which is why fan endorsement has been nearly unanimous. Sorry, but I don't have any more time to address your litany of other complaints. 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
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