amen

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Elected Democrats are The Enemy. amen, which is why I contend that there are ZERO centrist dems - nt Mike, is it wrong to think that WW IV started while the cold war was still going?

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  1. interjection Used at the end of a prayer or a statement to express assent or approval.

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  • I am now and forever amen, your dutiful son A. W. MOZART 63. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • To which I can only say amen, and amen, and amen again. —  In The Company Of Glenn
  • The omen became an amen, and very early, the affirmations shouted by Carolina fans downed out the huge Michigan State crowd. —  detnews.com - Commuting
  • The omen became an amen, and very early, the affirmations shouted by Carolina fans drowned out the huge Michigan State crowd. —  detnews.com - Commuting
  • RIGHT that would be you ... go ahead look in the mirror I am RIGHT on this one! amen, and I am reminded that Newt was already in get along mode in the late 90s Kansas Senate testimony about disturbing problems at polling place during November election Russia not afraid of our nukes, Barack want us to not build conventional advanced precision guided weapons —  RedState
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  1. Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin āmēn, from Greek, from Hebrew 'āmēn, certainly, verily, from 'āman, to be firm; see אmn in Semitic roots.

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  1. from Middle English amen, Anglo-Saxon amen = D. G. Swedish Danish amen = F. Spanish Portuguese amen = Italian amen, ammenne, from Late Latin āmēn, Greek ἀμήν, from Hebrew āmēn, firm, true, faithful; as a noun, certainty, truth; as an adverb, certainly, verily, surely, in affirmation or approval of what has been said by another; from āman, strengthen, support, confirm; cf. Arabic āmīn, trusted, confided in.
  2. from amen, adv.
 

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