Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun litany

2 senses of litany

Sense 1
litany -- (any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures")
       => address, speech -- (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets")

Sense 2
Litany -- (a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation)
       INSTANCE OF=> prayer -- (a fixed text used in praying)