alleluia
Americaninterjection
noun
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alleluias
plural
interjection
noun
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Origin of alleluia
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek allēlouíā, from Hebrew halĕlûyāh “praise Yahweh”; see hallelujah ( def. )
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It’s the school-by-school cancellation for 2020 of on-campus football tailgating, that national art form of runaway merriment mingled with an alleluia of fat grams.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2020
A band called Forty Days was playing a song titled Alle, alleluia, when Ashbrook was allegedly invited to accept the Lord.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eat his Body, drink his Blood, And we'll sing a song of loves: Allelu, allelu, allelu, alleluia!
From Time Magazine Archive
Others, following a venerable tradition, say that the three first lines were the composition of angels, and the fourth, Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia, was added by Pope Gregory.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
I shouldn't wonder if the long-skirted alleluia will be shooting up into a bishop; I dare say I may come to kissing his hand.
From The Duel and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
A gospel choir sang alleluias along with the stately hymns; non-Christian religious figures were given roles in the highly Protestant ceremony.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
Arts at midday Soprano Mary Shaffran in a program of alleluias and hallelujahs by Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart and some surprises for the audience, including a Hallelujah Chorus sing-along.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2015
She has a gift for anthems and elegies, with stark poetic images in the verses and hum-along refrains of tura-luras and alleluias.
From Time Magazine Archive
When told that the plane was finally arriving at the gate, the crowd broke into applause and alleluias.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'll confess to him that I was wishing I was in Warwickshire hearing Eastertide alleluias sung in my cousins' church, and ask him if it was sinful.
From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Marion Ames Taggart
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