0 a series of prayers in a Christian church service, in which a priest speaks and the people reply. -- litani
1 a long, often boring list of problems, complaints, reasons etc -- rungutan
The council has received a litany of complaints from local residents about the proposed new housing development.
Let us waste no time in sterile litanies and nauseating mimicry.
The bishop chants litanies and says five more orations.
Such litanies readily create impressive-looking documents of what is in the music, but only rarely provide any meaningful insight into why.
Here we have fasting, alms-giving, prayers, and a special three-day programme of litanies, with priests walking barefoot to church - all in support of a military emergency.
Furthermore, the litanies of" respectable fears" and" moral panics" are only one of the discourses about" law and order" found in popular, political, or academic discussion over the last century.
The very categories that appear in the litany of difference are problematic.
Empedocles presents a litany of the illusions that plague society, including the simile of the injured child.
The idea is to hear a litany of names being remembered and honored and sent onward as volunteers flow steadily to and from the fireplaces.
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