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litany

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of litany

1 a long stated list of things one after another

Nobody wants to deal with a coworker who repeats the same litany of complaints day after day.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of litany

enumeration, recital, recitation

iteration, repetition

account, narration, report, story

catalog, checklist, list, listing

index, inventory

2 an address to a deity or religious figure

In Catholic tradition, the Litany of the Saints is commonly sung at Mass the night before Easter.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of litany

collect, grace, invocation, requiescat, thanksgiving

evensong, matins, vespers

appeal, begging, beseeching, entreaty, imploring, petition, pleading, request, soliciting, suit, supplication

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