litany

noun [C]

/ˈlɪt·ən·i/

Definition

› a long list spoken or given to someone, esp. to someone who has heard or seen it before or finds it boring: She had to hear once again his litany of complaints over how badly he was treated.

(Definition of litany noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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