Litany

Litany, in Christian worship and some forms of Jewish worship, is a form of prayer used in services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. The word comes through Latin litania from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía), which in turn comes from λιτή (litḗ), meaning "prayer, supplication".

For other uses, see Litany (disambiguation).
For litanies used in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches, see Ectenia.
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