Hallelujah
intj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A shout of “Hallelujah”.
"So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, / With Halleluiahs: Thus was Sabbath kept."
- 2 a shout or song of praise to God wordnet
- 3 A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".
- 4 General praise. in-plural
"Who so stolid and selfish, that would not give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nation’s jubilee, when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs?"
- 1 To cry "hallelujah" in praise. intransitive
"My aunt Gastonia […] she'd seen the Lord more times than they could ever count, and hallelujahed and hallelujahed, said, “While's all this the Gospel word and true, […]"
- 1 An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
"AND after theſe things I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen, ſaying, Alleluia: ſaluation, and glorie, and honour, and power vnto the Lord our God:"
- 2 A general expression of gratitude or adoration. broadly
"Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!"
Example
More examples"Hallelujah is an expression of praise or thanks to God."
Etymology
From Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh, “Praise Yah”).
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