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alleluia
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al·le·lu·ia  (l-ly)
interj.
Hallelujah.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin alleluia, from Late Greek allelouia, from Hebrew halllû-yh, praise Yahweh; see hallelujah.]
alleluia [ˌælɪˈluːjə]
interj
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) praise the Lord! Used more commonly in liturgical contexts in place of hallelujah
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a song of praise to God
[via Medieval Latin from Hebrew hallelūyāh]
Translations
alleluia [ˌælɪˈluːjə] N → aleluya f
alleluia [ˌæləˈluːjə] excl → alléluia m
all-embracing [ˌɔːlɪmˈbreɪsɪŋ] adj (= all-encompassing) → universel(le)
alleluia
interj → (h)alleluja
n → (H)alleluja nt


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Come for the irrepressible joy that bursts out in alleluias long withheld from a world that could surely use them.
Come to the water: we believers go way back with the wet stuff, and ... by Camille, Alice / U.S. Catholic
May the light which thou dost send Fill our songs with alleluias, alleluias without end
Necessity is laid on me: the birth of mission in Paul by Krentz, Edgar / Currents in Theology and Mission
" We have the Mass: the greetings, and the penitential rite--sins of omission as well as commission included, "all that I have done, and all that I have failed to do"--the readings, the profession of faith, the songs and the homily and the alleluias and amens and the Eucharist.
Not yet in line by MARGET, MADELINE / Commonweal
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