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English to English noun
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any long and tedious address or recital |  | Example: the patient recited a litany of complaints
a litany of failures
source: wordnet30
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a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation | | source: wordnet30
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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. It is usually of a penitential character. | | source: webster1913
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