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.
The disadvantages, of course, we are well familiar with, and the usual litany of complaints about machineirreproducible complexities of sound applies.
The constant litany of theorists appears like a fundamentalist creed invoked by a repentant apostate rather than a description of the author's analytical toolbox.
Witnesses testified to the owner's litany of malpractices and liability for the numerous deaths from inhalation of toxic smoke.
With his 'neither-nor' litany, he seems to set himself apart from his colleagues, implying that their struggles are not his.
The painting reminds us that life is a litany of losses.
The land tenure regime is also blamed for a litany of other ills.
One year missing from this litany of successful street protest is 1981.
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.