hallelujah
hallelujah
definition
noun
The reporter observed that this comment was met with amens and hallelujahs .
an utterance of the word “hallelujah” as an expression of worship or rejoicing.
exclamation
He is risen! Alleluia!
God be praised (uttered in worship or as an expression of rejoicing).
example
The Age reports that the krouts have found it's been raining toad entrails, 'hallelujah' !
The Babu's an unabashed Potter fan, but all the same - 'hallelujah' , the Lord be praised.
And when you find that one Mexican stamp with Frida Kahlo's unibrow, 'hallelujah' !
This exalted state rests between channels 701 and 715 on DirecTV - 'hallelujah' , NFL Sunday Ticket!
I felt a 'hallelujah' bubbling up in my throat but quickly suppressed it when we were asked to stand and sing What a friend we have in Colin.
I asked for Linux recommendations, and - 'hallelujah' !
Then, I downloaded a stand-alone installer instead of using the webpage installation which doesn't work on my computer, set it to run and, 'hallelujah' , it all works!
In the second - 'hallelujah' ! - the oldie in question is neither loveable nor crusty (Hollywood's usual options for the over-60s) but the sort of average bloke you might meet in real life.
That is so despite a few tracks that may not invite 'hallelujah' 's from certain quarters.
Then an almost total ban on smoking in public places, which will hugely improve the quality of life for millions of us - 'hallelujah' !
If this is how man was supposed to be created, 'hallelujah' !
Tried Miller for a while, then JD and Coke for years but recently I have seen the light, 'hallelujah' !
For some, his evangelical embrace of the Creator palled after the second or third 'hallelujah' .
We've all found each other and, 'hallelujah' , we're not nuts.
Yep the dizzy blonde had some friends this week - 'hallelujah' !
Not just settings of the ordinary, but the copious amounts of plainchant needed to cover all the propers (the introit, gradual, 'alleluia' , offertory, communion and other sentences, all of which change according to the day and festival).
As he keeps insisting, there is still some way to go before his Spurs side can consider themselves worth a fresh chorus of 'hallelujahs' .
In the years immediately following Christ's resurrection, 'alleluia' particularly connoted praise for Jesus' victory over death.
Well, 'alleluia' , I found it last night, and was shocked at how much the world has moved on.
And yet, listening to all the 'hallelujahs' and words of praise that were heaped on this quiet, unassuming lady for her honesty and courage, I had a troubling sense of déjà vu.
This, of course, is the season of 'hallelujahs' and glorias, and the choirs are coming out thick and fast to meet the heavenly challenges.
Where Bede has simply told us that Gregory ‘plays on the name,’ the Whitby text spells out letter by letter the changes that are required to turn Angles into angels and Aelli's name into 'alleluia' .
Whatever Roman numeral this Super Bowl may be, it will come and go with glory dust sprinkled onto heroes, the air humming with huzzas, hosannas and 'hallelujahs' .
Uses of this format, known as responsorial psalmody, include the prokeimenon and alleluiarion of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy, and the gradual, tract, and 'alleluia' of the Roman Mass.
Again, the hack got some publicity and 'hallelujahs' .
The reporter observed that this comment was met with amens and 'hallelujahs' .
It is possible that plainchant developed to some extent through the embellishment of simpler originals, the ecstatic jubilus melismas of certain 'alleluias' being a likely example.
In fact one generally finds, when one scratches the surface, that behind all the empty 'hallelujahs' and paeans to ‘the people’ lies a contempt for the working class and a deep scepticism in its ability to rise to its historical tasks.
Edwards can warble and exercise his vibrato technique during poignant bits and can belt out the 'hallelujahs' as forcefully as any four-hundred-pound gospel diva.
The congregation fell silent, then erupted into a chorus of 'hallelujahs' .
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