alleluia

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See also: alléluia

English

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Etymology

From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

alleluia

  1. A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.

Noun

alleluia (plural alleluias)

  1. A liturgical form of hallelujah.
  2. (music) A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text.
    • 1953 December, Hortense Calisher, “A Christmas Carillon: A Story”, in John Fischer, editor, Harper’s Magazine, volume 207, number 1243, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1:
      Down at the corner, carols bugled steamily from a mission soup-kitchen. There's no escape from it, he thought. Turn on the radio, and its alleluia licks you with tremolo tongue.
  3. The plant wood sorrel.

Translations

Verb

alleluia (third-person singular simple present alleluias, present participle alleluiaing, simple past and past participle alleluiaed)

  1. Alternative spelling of hallelujah

Italian

Etymology

From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”).

Noun

alleluia m (invariable)

  1. hallelujah
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