ектенья

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Etymology[edit]

From Church Slavonic, from Ancient Greek ἐκτενὴς (ektenḕs).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪktʲɪˈnʲja]

Noun[edit]

ектенья́ (jektenʹjáf inan (genitive ектеньи́, nominative plural ектеньи́, genitive plural ектени́й)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) litany, suffrage (one of a number of prayer petitions that make up most of the worship in the Orthodox Church)

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