litanies
Droning ceremonial recitations
Litanies is the plural of litany, a form of prayer consisting of a series of petitions with repeated responses.
By extension, a litany is any long, repetitive recitation or tedious list: a litany of complaints, a litany of failures.
The word usually carries a weary or exasperated tone, suggesting the speaker has heard it all before.
Felt wrongs or injustices
- complaintsExpressions of discontent
- recitationsOral delivery of memorized material
- catalogOrdered list of items
- enumerationSequential listing of items
woes · gripes · laments · tirades · jeremiad · harangue · diatribe · moaning
Repeated rhythmic phrases
- incantationsRitual words for magic
- invocationsAppeals to higher powers
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- intonationPitch variation in speech
mantras · responses · petitions · supplications · intercessions · repetitions · enumeration · catalog
Reverent petitions to deity
- psalmsReligious songs of praise
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- vespersEvening devotional service
devotions · canticles · benediction · rosary · novena · matins · compline · suffrages
Act of redoing
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- droningSustained monotonous sound
- samenessState of being identical
- redundancyNeedless duplication
recurrence · iteration · cycle · routine · predictability · weariness · dullness · endless
grievances
Felt wrongs or injustices
- complaintsExpressions of discontent
- recitationsOral delivery of memorized material
- catalogOrdered list of items
enumeration · woes · gripes · laments · tirades · jeremiad · harangue · diatribe · moaning · grousing
chants
Repeated rhythmic phrases
- incantationsRitual words for magic
- invocationsAppeals to higher powers
- recitationOral delivery from memory
intonation · mantras · responses · petitions · supplications · intercessions · repetitions · enumeration · catalog · listing
prayers
Reverent petitions to deity
vespers · devotions · canticles · benediction · rosary · novena · matins · compline · suffrages · antiphon
repetition
Act of redoing
redundancy · recurrence · iteration · cycle · routine · predictability · weariness · dullness · endless · interminable
- liturgical booksbreviary, missal, lectionary, missals, breviaries
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- sacred musichymns, hymn, anthem, anthems, gospel
- Catholic prayersOur Father, Hail Mary, Ave Maria, Nicene Creed, Apostles' Creed
- devotional literaturedevotionals, devotions, prayer books, meditations, spiritual exercises
- devotionsdaily devotions, daily devotion, devotional, devotionals, devotions
litaniesimprovisations
Spontaneous unrehearsed performances
spontaneous speech · ad-libs · freestyling · improvisation · ad-lib
litaniessilence
Total lack of sound
terseness · brevity · pithy remark · concision · one-liner
litaniescelebrations
Organized expressions of joy
praises · paeans · encomiums · accolades · commendations