English-Thai Dictionary

litany

N เพลงสวด  บท สวด  plang-suad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LITANY

n.[Gr. supplication, to pray. ] A solemn form of supplication, used in public worship.
Supplications for the appeasing of God's wrath, were by the Greek church termed litanies, by the Latin, rogations.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LITANY

Lit "a *ny, n.; pl. Litanies. Etym: [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F.litanie, L. litania, Gr.

 

Defn: 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. Supplications... for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin. Hooker.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

litany

lit a ny |ˈlitn-ē ˈlɪtni | ▶noun ( pl. litanies ) a 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. • a tedious recital or repetitive series: a litany of complaints. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French letanie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek litaneia ‘prayer, ’ from litē ‘supplication. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

litany

litany |ˈlɪt (ə )ni | ▶noun ( pl. litanies ) 1 a 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. • ( the Litany ) a litany contained in the Book of Common Prayer. 2 a tedious recital or repetitive series: a litany of complaints. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French letanie, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek litaneia ‘prayer ’, from litē ‘supplication ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

litany

litany noun 1 she was reciting the litany: prayer, invocation, supplication, devotion; archaic orison. 2 a litany of complaints: recital, recitation, enumeration; list, listing, catalog, inventory.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

litany

litany noun 1 the lips of others had moved also, repeating the litany: prayer, invocation, petition, supplication, devotion, entreaty; archaic orison. 2 a litany of complaints: recital, recitation, repetition, enumeration, account, refrain; list, listing, catalogue, inventory, roll.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

litany

lit a ny /lɪ́t (ə )ni /名詞 複 -nies C 1 〘キリスト教 〙連禱 （れんとう ）〘司式者が唱えるのに続いて会衆が唱和する形式の祈り 〙; 〖the L- 〗嘆願 〘英国国教会の連禱形式の祈り 〙.2 長々と続く [くどくどしい ]話 ; 長々と続くもの .