'Halleluiah' definitions:
Definition of 'Halleluiah'
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- Halleluiah \Hal`le*lu"iah\, Hallelujah \Hal`le*lu"jah\ (h[a^]l`l[-e]*l[=u]"y[.a]), n. & interj. [Heb. See Alleluia.] Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration. --Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver. ) [1913 Webster]
- So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs." --Sharp. [1913 Webster]