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- noun Plural form of
litany .
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Examples
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VINCENT MESSINA, PRODUCER OF "ALMA MATER": When you pronounce the magic word litanies, I thought right away of how repetitive they are, how hypnotic they are.
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These processions were called litanies, and in them pictures and other religious emblems were carried.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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VINCENT MESSINA, PRODUCER OF ALMA MATER: When you pronounce the magic word "litanies", I thought right away of how repetitive they are, how hypnotic they are.
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The religious leaders and other people of faith gathered for the now-weekly Multi-Faith Service, that included litanies of prayers, petitions, scripture reading and a lot of singing, accompanied by acoustic guitars and at least one auto-harp.
Cathleen Falsani: #OccupyWallStreet: Without A Vision, The People Will Perish Cathleen Falsani 2011
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The religious leaders and other people of faith gathered for the now-weekly Multi-Faith Service, that included litanies of prayers, petitions, scripture reading and a lot of singing, accompanied by acoustic guitars and at least one auto-harp.
Cathleen Falsani: #OccupyWallStreet: Without A Vision, The People Will Perish Cathleen Falsani 2011
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As Mr. Stewart tells it, such litanies he quotes many others sound sensible chiefly when recited in English around the dinner table of a heavily guarded compound or, earlier, the seminar table of a prestigious graduate program.
When Things Don't Get Better Ian Marcus Corbin 2011
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We hear litanies in which Fallout is the name of a demon.
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The religious leaders and other people of faith gathered for the now-weekly Multi-Faith Service, that included litanies of prayers, petitions, scripture reading and a lot of singing, accompanied by acoustic guitars and at least one auto-harp.
Cathleen Falsani: #OccupyWallStreet: Without A Vision, The People Will Perish Cathleen Falsani 2011
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Extracts from the Rituale Romanum (including the most commonly used litanies) given in an appendix.
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The religious leaders and other people of faith gathered for the now-weekly Multi-Faith Service, that included litanies of prayers, petitions, scripture reading and a lot of singing, accompanied by acoustic guitars and at least one auto-harp.
Cathleen Falsani: #OccupyWallStreet: Without A Vision, The People Will Perish Cathleen Falsani 2011
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