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Litany vs Orison - What's the difference?

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Litany is a related term of orison.


As nouns the difference between litany and orison

is that litany is a ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation while orison is a prayer.

litany

English

Noun

(litanies)
  • A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
  • A prolonged or tedious account.

    • orison

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A prayer.
  • * , act 3, scene 1, lines 88–89:
    • The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
    Be all my sins remember’d.
  • * 1917,
    •   Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
    Can patter out their hasty orisons .

    Related terms

    * orate * oration