LITANY

noun (plural -nies) Etymology: Middle English letanie, from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French, from Late Latin litania, from Late Greek litaneia, from Greek, entreaty, from litanos suppliant Date: 13th century a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation, 2. a resonant or repetitive chant , a usually lengthy recitation or enumeration , a sizable series or set