litany
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I was there in my Tía María’s living room, mumbling through Hail Marys and the Litany of Loreto in Spanish, making sure to appreciate every minute.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023
The Philadelphia Inquirer summed up Hameli’s testimony the next day: “Commission Pathologist Cites a Litany of Errors by City.”
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022
The choir sings the Lesser Litany and sit or kneel for the Lord's Prayer and responses.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2021
Photo by Jan Thijs / Amazon Studios Ruthanna Emrys’ remarkable The Litany of Earth, for example, is told from the perspective of one of Lovecraft’s fish-people from the story The Shadow over Innsmouth.
From The Verge • Sep. 9, 2019
We have to know by heart all the prayers, the Hail Mary, the Our Father, the Confiteor, the Apostles’ Creed, the Act of Contrition, the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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