lit•a•ny. This form of prayer finds its model in Psalm cxxxv: "Praise the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 1 : a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation the Litany of the Saints. British English: litany NOUN If you describe what someone says as a litany of things, you mean that you have heard it many times before, and you think it is boring or insincere. -nies. Litany, in Christian worship and some forms of Judaic worship, is a form of prayer used in services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. A litany is a well-known and much appreciated form of responsive petition, used in public liturgical services, and in private devotions, for common necessities of the Church, or in calamities — to implore God's aid or to appease His just wrath. The word comes through Latin litania from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía), which in turn comes from λιτή (litḗ), meaning "supplication". 1. a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses. nies. (ˈlɪt n i) n., pl. 2. a prolonged or tedious account: a … the Litany, the supplication in this form in the Book of Common Prayer. 2 a : a resonant or repetitive chant a litany of cheering phrases — Herman Wouk. Definition of litany. She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client. a recitation or recital that resembles a litany. a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.

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