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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
litany [Gr.,=prayer], solemn prayer characterized by varying petitions with set responses. The term is mainly used for Christian forms. Litanies were developed in Christendom for use in processions. In the West there were traditionally four days for these processional litanies, the Rogation Days . The Eastern liturgies make frequent use of litanies, recited by the deacon; the response is usually "Lord, have mercy." The Kyrie eleison is a relic of such a litany. In the Roman Catholic Church the one liturgical litany, the Litany of the Saints, dates from the 5th cent. substantially.... Read more
prayer
The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English prayer • noun   1. say a prayer to God | evening prayers synonyms : devotion, communion, litany, invocation, intercession.   2. prayers for mercy synonyms : appeal, plea, beseeching, entreaty, petition, solicitation, supplication, suit, invocation, adjuration. Read more
Rogation Days
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... of Roman pagan ones; in rural districts they are regarded as blessing the fields. The prayers include the Litany of the Saints (see litany ). Such liturgical usages are no longer prescribed in the universal Roman Catholic liturgical calendar; observance ... Read more

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