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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. )
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So sung they, and the empyrean rung
With Hallelujahs. --Milton.
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In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he
walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his
hallelujahs." --Sharp.
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