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Praise the lord

intj

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    A phrase used to thank God by Christians.
  2. 2
    Expression of thankful happiness; not always literally religious when used by cultural Christians, but not explicitly differentiable, thus ambiguous.
  3. 3
    Stereotypical exclamation used in mockery of Christianity. UK

    "“There was a time when the homosexual demanded marriage,” he added with an exasperated chuckle. “Praise the Lord, that time is past. PRAISE THE LORD!” he commanded."

Etymology

A present subjunctive clause inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of them. It is semantically equivalent to praise be to God. The zero morph difference from the imperative form allows parsing as a command synchronically.

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