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"sense": "prolonged or tedious list",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лита́ния"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "prolonged or tedious list",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "лита̀нија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "prolonged or tedious list",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "litànija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "prolonged or tedious list",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "letanía"
}
],
"word": "litany"
}
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