an utterance of the interjection “amen.”
a musical setting for such an utterance.
an expression of concurrence or assent.
The committee gave its amen to the proposal.
the use of the word amen, as at the end of a prayer
to express strong approval of or support for (an assertion, hope, etc)
First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek amḗn, from Hebrew āmēn “certainly”; akin to Arabic ʼāmana, Hebrew he'ĕmîn “to believe”
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Ballas contined: "Gratitude to Jane because I panicked. I really thought that was it, the end, amen."
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Except — and this is important — she was holding up an amen corner.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
The people clapped and gave shouts of amen.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
“How fabulous is it — it is such an amen moment,” he said, before repeating it as he signed off about five minutes later.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2022
Manene is the word for path: Manene enenam, amen.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The older teenager said he had been standing a distance away and did not attack Amen.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Amen, who was originally from Eritrea, lived with his father in Glasgow and attended St Thomas Aquinas secondary school in Jordanhill.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
A joint minute of agreed evidence was earlier read to jurors which stated Amen received emergency medical treatment on the pavement outside 22 Clarendon Street.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Cascio, who met Jackson when he was 5 years old and later became his personal assistant, told Amen, “Michael would never do this with a child.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
He told the teams he’d see them inside, and he and his buddy, Sergeant Thomas Amen, entered the air lock.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
He drew laughs, head nods and amens, and the senator took about a dozen questions.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
There were more than a few whispered amens in the theater after that line.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2022
A few minutes earlier, the two-hour Baptist homegoing service, filled with laughter, tears, applause, music, singing and a few amens, had concluded with a procession.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
Rice and His Sanctified Congregation, the amens and “Oh yeahs!” from the congregation are so boisterous they threaten to roll right over the preacher.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2020
All around Beto, sweating pink faces nodded to the rhythm of murmured and hollered amens.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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