hallelujah

or hal·le·lu·iah

[hal-uh-loo-yuh]

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interjection

Praise ye the Lord!

noun

an exclamation of “hallelujah!”

a shout of joy, praise, or gratitude.

a musical composition wholly or principally based upon the word “hallelujah.”

Origin of hallelujah

1525–35; < Hebrew halălūyāh praise ye Yahweh; cf. alleluia

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Examples from the Web for hallelujah

The collective response from the hallelujah chorus of legal dermatologists?
Trayvon Was Black. It Matters.|Mark Geragos|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Each holding a sign bearing the name of each life lost, they gathered on stage to sing a rendition of “Hallelujah.”
NRA’s Awkward Moment, 38 End of the World Movies & More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|December 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There a professional choir had assembled, repeatedly singing the hymn “Hallelujah” a cappella.
Silvio Berlusconi Steps Down: Protesters Celebrate in Front of His Home|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Spain won, hallelujah, but not after much huffing and puffing to go alongside their geometric, incisive elegance on the ball.
Spain's Win: Cosmic Justice|Tunku Varadarajan|July 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST

She burst out into a rhapsody of hallelujah and thanksgivings.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
I was once in a foreign cathedral when, after the three days of mourning, in Holy Week, came the final day of Hallelujah.
The Sympathy of Religions|Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Similar discussions about the Hallelujah and other liturgic forms are met with long before the Raskol broke out.
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, April 1875, Vol. XV., No. 88|Various
Then when you raised a Hallelujah I said to myself, 'That's got the right ring to it.'
The Path of a Star|Mrs. Everard Cotes (AKA Sara Jeannette Duncan)
Mary was transfigured, and sang the hallelujah of the Resurrection, the victory over Death and the eternity of life.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for hallelujah

hallelujah

halleluiah alleluia (ˌælɪˈluːjə)

interjection

an exclamation of praise to God

an expression of relief or a similar emotion

noun

an exclamation of "Hallelujah"

a musical composition that uses the word Hallelujah as its text

Word Origin for hallelujah

C16: from Hebrew hallelūyāh praise the Lord, from hellēl to praise + yāh the Lord, Yahweh

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Word Origin and History for hallelujah

also halleluiah, 1530s, from Hebrew hallalu-yah "praise ye Jehovah," from hallalu, plural imperative of hallel "to praise" also "song of praise," from hillel "he praised," of imitative origin, with primary sense being "to trill." Second element is yah, shortened form of Yahweh, name of God. Replaced variant formation alleluia (12c.).

hallelujah

or hal·le·lu·iah

interjection

noun

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hallelujah

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