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  • 41Litany (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Litany Type = studio Artist = Vader Released = May 9, 2000 Recorded = Rhythm Studios, England Genre = Death metal Length = 30:48 Producer = Piotr Wiwczarek Adam Toczko Reviews = Last album = Black to the Blind (1997) This… …

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  • 42litany, liturgy — A litany is a ceremonial form of prayer. It consists of a series of invocations (calls) or petitions followed by responses: The language of the litany in the Book of Common Prayer is considered beautiful. Litany may also refer to any recitation… …

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  • 43Litany of humility — The following Litany of Humility is a Catholic prayers for Humility. Note: It is said this prayer was composed by Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865 1930),Secretary of State for Pope Saint Pius X Litany of HumilityO Jesus! meek and humble of… …

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  • 44litany-desk — litˈany desk or litˈany stool noun In the Anglican Church, a movable desk at which a priest kneels, facing the altar, while reciting the litany • • • Main Entry: ↑litany …

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  • 45litany-stool — litˈany desk or litˈany stool noun In the Anglican Church, a movable desk at which a priest kneels, facing the altar, while reciting the litany • • • Main Entry: ↑litany …

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  • 46Litany for the Whale — La Litany for the Whale (Litanie pour la baleine) est une œuvre de John Cage pour deux voix égales écrite en 1980. Elle fait partie des œuvres vocales de John Cage, avec l Aria dédié à Cathy Berberian en 1958 ou le Roaratorio de 1980. Elle… …

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  • 47Litany Desk —    A kneeling desk, sometimes called a faldstool, from which the Litany is read. Its customary place in the Church is on the floor of the nave in front of the chancel in accordance with the Injunction issued during the reigns of Edward VI and… …

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  • 48litany — noun a) A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. b) A prolonged or tedious account …

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  • 49LITANY —    a form of supplication in connection with some impending calamity in which the prayer of the priest or officiating clergyman is responded to by the congregation …

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  • 50litany —    Now often used for a long or tedious recital of things, the word properly refers to a type of prayer. Hence its ultimate origin, through French and Medieval Latin, in Late Greek litaneia, prayer, based on lite, entreaty …

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