hallelujah

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  1. interjection Used to express praise or joy.
  2. noun An exclamation of "hallelujah.”
  3. noun Music A composition expressing praise and based on the word "hallelujah.”

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  • In theory both teams had much to play for and, hallelujah, they played like it in practice. —  Top stories from Times Online
  • He said, "Aye, lads, I could loike to ha' been amang yo' once maar, but th' next toime I cross Salem doorstep I shall be carried over; but ne'er moind, I have seen a door opened in heaven, and I shall sooin go through--hallelujah At last he took to his bed never to rise again; the time of his departure was at hand. —  Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow
  • This was the hallelujah, a final outburst of the great organ of opinion Take my daughter away,' whispered pale-faced Madame Margaillan in Dubuche's ear He sprang forward and freed Regine, who had lowered her eyelids, from the crowd; displaying in doing so as much muscular energy as if it had been a question of saving the poor creature from imminent death. —  His Masterpiece
  • Hallelujah But Robert noticed a peculiar accent to this "hallelujah," and also that every one present seemed to be moved by one dominating, overwhelming spirit or power. —  Around Old Bethany A Story of the Adventures of Robert and Mary Davis
  • Let me hope the answer will be fit to be reanswered by a mighty hallelujah, at the shout of which the thrones of tyrants will quake; and when they are fallen, and buried beneath the fallen pillars of tyranny, all the Christian world will unite in the song of praise--"Glory to God in Heaven, and peace to right-willing men on earth, and honour to America, the first-born son of Liberty. —  Select Speeches of Kossuth
 

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  1. Hebrew halləlû-yāh, praise Yahweh : halləlû, masculine pl. imperative of hillēl, to praise; see hll in Semitic roots + yāh, Yahweh; see hwy in Semitic roots.
 

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/hælikˈluyə/
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