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ectene Gr. Church.|ˈɛktɪniː|
Also ektene.
[eccl. Gr., f. ἐκτενής extended.]
A litany recited by a deacon and choir.
1850J. M. Neale Holy East. Ch. I. iii. ii. 361 The Ectene for the first Sunday in Lent. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 707/1 A series of short intercessions resembling the Greek ‘Ektene’, or deacon's litany. 1916N. F. Robinson Monasticism Orthodox Ch. 89 Then followeth the customary Ectene. 1957Oxf. Dict. Chr. Ch. 437/2 Ectene..In the E. Church, a prayer constructed like a Litany for use in the Liturgy. It consists of short petitions said by the deacon to which choir or congregation respond with Kyrie Eleison. |