LITANY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
    Hypernyms(s) Litany is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • any long and tedious address or recital
    Usage Example(s)
    • the patient recited a litany of complaints
    • a litany of failures
    Hypernyms(s) litany is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower