litani

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Definition of litani in Turkish English dictionary: litanies

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Definition of litani in English English dictionary: {i} river in Lebanon
Litani River: River, southern Lebanon. Rising west of Baalbek, it flows southwest between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains to enter the Mediterranean Sea south of Sidon. Its lower course is known as Qsimiyyah. Although only 90 mi (145 km) long, the river irrigates one of Lebanon's most extensive farming regions, the Biq Valley
Litani operation: {i} extensive operation by the Israeli military forces in Southern Lebanon (1978)
Litani river: river in Lebanon which empties into the Mediterranean Sea
litany: A prolonged or tedious account
litany: A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation
litany: {n} a form of public prayer or supplication
litany: A series of suppliant prayres in the Christian Church, usually with the congregation making a fixed response
litany: A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences
litany: disapproval If you describe what someone says as a litany of things, you mean that you have heard it many times before, and you think it is boring or insincere. She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client
litany: A litany is part of a church service in which the priest says a set group of words and the people reply, also using a set group of words
litany: A solemn form of supplication for God's mercy, composed of short responsive prayers The traditional Anglican Litany (page 54 in the 1928 BCP) is almost recognizable in the words of The Great Litany (BCP page 148) in the 1979 Prayer Book
litany: A fae/human hybrid on the Major Continent who is invisible unless she consciously wills to be seen
litany: a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
litany: a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures
litany: A set of prayers recited by a leader alternating with responses by the congregation, often set in plainsong form
litany: It is usually of a penitential character
litany: a form of prayer consisting of a series of petitions sung by a deacon, a priest or cantors, to which the people made fixed responses
litany: {i} liturgical prayer; long monotonous recital or account
litany: A group of sentences or phrases that the pastor and the congregation take turns reading
litany: any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures"