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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
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litany desk. In the C of E, a low movable desk at which the minister kneels to recite the Litany.
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 "St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)")
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Litany of the Saints can have a powerful effect.
Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO); 4/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...to his 1937 piece, "Litanies." "The limits of reason...commonly describe the litany as a kind of mantra...Encyclopedia of Catholicism, a litany is "a form of prayer...faithful respond." Litanies invoking names of saints...there is evidence of the Litany of the Saints being used...
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Litanies of Ostra Brama
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; MONIUSZKO Litanies of Ostra Brama * Henryk Wojnarowski...cantatas. Indeed, as the third litany is dedicated to Rossini...and orchestra. The first litany is solemn and monumental...To my ears, the second litany is more tender and lyrical...
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LITANY OF THANK-YOUS JUST FOR MOM IT'S A PRESENT SHE WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF RECEIVING
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/9/1992; 700+ words
; ...they would draw the line at a litany. Dad: They probably don...Nobody's even written a real litany since the 1500s. Dad: All...things. Everybody talks about litanies but nobody ever really writes...Sarah, if we can't write a litany then how about some sort of...
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A Litany for Survival. ('A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde')(Race in Contemporary American Cinema, part 6)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Parkerson's feature-length documentary, A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre...successful in achieving only one of them. A Litany for Survival begins with some of the last...began to write an assertive new poetry. A Litany for Survival juxtaposes scenes of political...
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The Litany.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature; 9/22/2006; ; 582 words
; The Litany This is a litany of lost things, a canon of possessions dispossessed, a photograph...a young god, brave and beautiful, rotting on a tree. This is a litany to earth and ashes, to the dust of roads and vacant rooms, to the...
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A Litany of Prayer: A beloved friend is focus of tearful healing
Newspaper article from: Jewish Exponent; 4/24/1997; 700+ words
; Jewish Exponent 04-24-1997 A Litany of Prayer: A beloved friend is focus...have an opportunity to weave a kind of litany of our prayer for healing," Friedman...carries," said one member, weaving the litany of prayer. "My prayer for the children...
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Film -- A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde directed by Ada Gay Griffin and Michelle Parkerson
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 2/20/1996; ; 605 words
; A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre...the Brooklyn Museum February 17 and 18 A Litany for Survival opens with the poet at her...very artifact of who I have been." In Litany, producer-director Ada Gay Griffin and...
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Poulenc: Stabat Mater, Litanies a la Vierge Noir, Quatre Motets pour un Temps de Penitence
Magazine article from: Opera News; 9/1/2002; ; 682 words
; POULENC: Stabat Mater, Litanies a la Vierge Noir, Quatre Motets pour...6Caius Colleges, Cambridge, Webber (Litanies). Choirs of Clare and Gonville...mentioned as a prerequisite. In the Litanies and the Motets as well, the choristers...
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NT: Litany of police errors led to man's death: NT coroner
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 6/10/2009; 607 words
; ...News (Australia) 06-10-2009 NT: Litany of police errors led to man's death...Greg Cavanagh said on Wednesday that a "litany of errors" by police led to the "tragic...of the police in this matter involved a litany of serious errors and misjudgments that...
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Stirs the Power of Earth: Advent Litany
Magazine article from: Pastoral Music; 10/1/2008; ; 305 words
; ...WLP). Stirs the Power of Earth: Advent Litany. Tony Ban. SATB choir, cantor, congregation...Barr has given us a solid liturgical litany that the assembly will embrace enthusiastically. This litany is set with a different assembly refrain...
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litany
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
litany [Gr.,=prayer...Christian forms. Litanies were developed...nonprescribed) litanies, of which the...are authorized: Litany of the Holy Name...much like the Litany of the Saints...liturgies also use litanies.
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Litanies of the Sabbat
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...witches' sabbat the following litanies: " Lucifer, Beelzebub, Leviathan...Satan was evoked in these litanies only in company with a crowd...different sabbats vary and many litanies appear to have been merely...parodies. This particular litany sounds more like an evocation...
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Litany of the Saints
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Litany of the Saints. A litany used in the RC Church. It consists of invocations for mercy and...and virgins, individually and in classes. Early forms of such a litany are found in the E. from the end of the 3rd cent. and in the W...
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litany desk
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
litany desk. In the C of E, a low movable desk at which the minister kneels to recite the Litany.
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Litany of Loreto
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Litany of Loreto. A litany in honour of the BVM , consisting of a series of invocations to her under various honorific titles such as ‘Mother of Divine grace’, each followed by the request: ‘Pray for us’...
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