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Litany

Noun CEFR B1
ˈlɪtəni

Definitions

  1. A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
  2. A prolonged or tedious list.

Equivalents

Españolletanía
DeutschLitanei
18 more languages
العربيةالدّعاء
Catalàlletania
Češtinalitanie
Ελληνικάλιτανεία
Esperantolitanio
Suomilitania
Gàidhliglìodan
Galegoladaíña
Bahasa Indonesialitani
ქართულილიტანია
Nederlandslitanie
Polskilitania
Portuguêsladainhalitania
Svenskalitania

Examples

The litany of packaging innovations introduced to or popularized in the U.S. food market over the last generation seems endless: flexible aseptic packaging, barrier plastics, squeezables, lightweight glass, the retort pouch, […]”
“To that end he had sent his men among the common folk of the town, from whom came a litany of tales that led Hawk to a stunningly wrong conclusion. "It seems I may not be good enough at listening," he said regretfully.”
There are, to be sure, some differences in how the candidates propose addressing this litany of concerns.”
“[Sam Bankman-Fried] is charged with a litany of fraud and campaign finance law violations, in what US prosecutors are callingone of the biggest financial frauds in American history”.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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