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What is a litany?

What is a litany? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
  2. A prolonged or tedious list.
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One of his comments there pungently countered the litany from credulous believers that you must always keep an open mind.
The families and friends of those killed have responded bitterly to the litany of obfuscations and half-truths.
The ensuing litany of botched deals, double-crosses and macho showdownery is complicated and, ultimately, exhausting.
The toxification of the biosphere by man-made poisons is one of the litany of ecological disasters that is bringing us undone.
The democratic space of the ballpark is combined with the sacred litany of the players' names in a powerfully nostalgic moment.
In the modern practice of the Church of England, the term faldstool is given to the reading desk from which the litany is read.

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