Noun
A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEven that far-left radical bastard George S. McGovern - babbling a maddening litany of his most Far Out ideas - would be hard pressed to crank up a more than 30% animosity quotient. Hunter S. Thompson
I totally relate to Tom Cruise. He's not crazy, it's just the litany of the mid-life crisis. Bret Easton Ellis
And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses. It's so easy to make excuses. Even professional writers have days when they'd rather clean the toilet than do the writing. Octavia Butler
I'm over my heart's desire / I feel cold, but I'm back in the fire Love is a litany / A magical mystery / And all in good time. Noel Gallagher
America, how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood? Allen Ginsberg
The list is almost endless: the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, the destruction of Baghdad in 1258, the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, and the Nazi Holocaust are only some among the infamous epochs in the litany of disaster. Simon Conway Morris