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Meaning of "the Litany" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE LITANY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE LITANY

the Levant
the Levellers
the life and soul
the life of Riley
the like
the likes of
the limelight
the limit
the Lion
the lion´s share
the Little Bear
the Little Corporal
the Little Dipper
the Little Dog
the little woman
the Lizard
the Lodge
the log of wood
the long and the short of it
the Long March

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE LITANY

archaeobotany
archeobotany
astrobotany
botany
Brittany
dittany
ethnobotany
geobotany
lactation tetany
litany
palaeobotany
palaeoethnobotany
paleobotany
ratany
rhatany
tetany

Synonyms and antonyms of the Litany in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the Litany» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE LITANY

Find out the translation of the Litany to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the Litany from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the Litany» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

祷文
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la Letanía
570 millions of speakers

English

the Litany
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लीटानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدعاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ектения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ladainha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লিটানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Litanies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Litany
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Litanei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

連祷
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장황한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing Litany
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Kinh Cầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லித்தனி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिटनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Litany
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Litanie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Litania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

єктенія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Litania
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η Λιτανεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die lang lys
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

den Litany
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

litani
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the Litany

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE LITANY»

The term «the Litany» is regularly used and occupies the 57.574 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE LITANY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the Litany» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the Litany» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the Litany

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE LITANY»

Discover the use of the Litany in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the Litany and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Feminism and art history: questioning the litany
A long-needed corrective and alternative view of Western art history, these seventeen essays by respected scholars are arranged chronologically and cover every major period from the ancient Egyptian to the present.
Norma Broude, Mary D. Garrard, 1982
2
The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of ...
Challenges widely held beliefs regarding the current environmental situation, discussing why there is cause for optimism and the need to prioritize resources to address problems.
Bjørn Lomborg, 2001
3
The Litany in the Afternoon
afiixed, by the ordinary rubrics, to Morning Prayer, as to be a part of it; but this rubric says, “ after Morning Prayer is ended,” without any special direction: it is to be ended, then, according to the ordinary rubrics, but it is to be ended without the  ...
‎1856
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A manual of the Litany. By S.W.
QUESTIONS. FOK. EXAMINATION. INTRODUCTION. 1. What does the word Litany mean ? 2. What sort of prayer do we now call a Litany ? 3. How ancient are Litanies thought to be ? 4. When do we hear of them in the Eastern Church ? 5.
S. W, 1865
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The Spirit of the Litany; Being a Continuation of the Spirit ...
This serious, awful, reflection, with God's aid, cannot fail to make your mind sober and devout; and if, during the repetition and remarks about to be made, you are not alive to the influence of every sentence of the Litany, may it not be, because ...
Charles E. WALKEY, 1846
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A Manual of the Litany, with questions for examination. By ...
A. MANUAL. OF. THE. LITANY. INTRODUCTION. THE word Litany means earnest supplication; but it was very soon applied in the Christian Church to a particular form of prayer, in which the priest utters short requests, and the people respond ...
S. W., 1865
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A guide to the churchman in his devotional use of the ...
John Bickersteth. of God, or by Apostolic authority, but by conveying false ideas of those whose mediation was invoked, had a fatal tendency to alienate the mind from its simple and true dependence upon the only Mediator between God and ...
John Bickersteth, 1836
8
The Litany of the Elves
The Litany of the Elves T was early morning when I woke. My window looked out, over olive- trees and pepper-trees on the slope of Lycabettus, across the dusty brown plain below just dappled here and there with green after the autumn rains;  ...
9
The Litany of the Elves
J.C. Lawson. gossamer, and the prayer was not for themselves but always for those for whom they were working, that God would give peace; and out of the fullness of their hearts their lips could sing no song that was not a prayer for peace; ...
J.C. Lawson, 2013
10
Thoughts on the Litany, by a naval officer's orphan daughter ...
THOUGHTS. ON. THE. LITANY. SECTION I. "O GOD THE FATHER OF HEAVEN, HAVE MERCY UPON US, MISERABLE SINNERS." The National Church of England has her services based on the eternal words of Jehovah. The first clause of ...
S M. Heaton, George Heaton, 1840

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE LITANY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the Litany is used in the context of the following news items.
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CBS, NBC Tout Clinton Campaign's 'Counteroffensive' to 'the Litany
After Tuesday's CBS This Morning fretted about the “distractions” facing Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, CBS and NBC continued parroting the Clinton ... «NewsBusters, May 15»
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The Litany of the Saints
The Litany of the Saints is one of the oldest prayers in continuous use in the Catholic Church. Forms of it were used in the East as early as the third century, and ... «About - News & Issues, Oct 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. The Litany [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/the-litany>. Apr 2024 ».
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