Litany word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "litany" word

[noun] a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
[noun] any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"

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\Lit"a*ny\, n.; pl. {Litanies}. [OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr. ?, fr. ? to pray, akin to ?, ?, to pray, ? prayer.] 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.

See also: address | Book of Common Prayer | prayer | speech |

Related terms: agape, appeal, asperges, bar mitzvah, catalogue, chaplet, circumcision, enumeration, impetration, Kyrie Eleison, love feast, machzor, ordinal, orison, prayer, prayer wheel, rubric, Sefer Torah, siddur, suit, supplication, the confessional

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Let's analyse "litany" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Three syllables and Two vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YNATIL. Average typing speed for these characters is 1635 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .-.. .. - .- -. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: litany: 9 + 1 = 10, reduced: 1 (or 8 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: litany: 3 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 5 + 7 = 27, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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