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- Nobody wants to deal with a coworker who repeats the same litany of complaints day after day.
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- In Catholic tradition, the Litany of the Saints is commonly sung at Mass the night before Easter.
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The Back and Forth of 'Litany'
The Back and Forth of 'Litany'
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“Litany.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/litany. Accessed 11 December 2019.
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The first known use of litany was in the 13th century
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