Associations to the word «Litany»

Wiktionary

LITANY, noun. A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
LITANY, noun. A prolonged or tedious account.

Dictionary definition

LITANY, noun. Any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures".
LITANY, noun. A prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King