Alleluia

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alleluia \Al`le*lu"ia\, Alleluiah \Al`le*lu"iah\, n. [L.
     alleluia, Gr. ?, fr. Heb. hall[=e]l[=u]-y[=a]h. See
     {Hallelujah}.]
     An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of
     praise to God. See {Hallelujah}, the commoner form.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying,
           Alleluia.                                --Rev. xix. 1.
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "Alleluia":
     Agnus Dei, Anamnesis, Blessing, Canon, Collect, Communion,
     Consecration, Credo, Dismissal, Epistle, Fraction, Gloria, Gospel,
     Gradual, Introit, Kyrie, Kyrie Eleison, Last Gospel, Lavabo,
     Offertory, Paternoster, Pax, Post-Communion, Preface, Sanctus,
     Secreta, Tersanctus, Tract
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "alleluia":
     Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis,
     Introit, Magnificat, Miserere, Nunc Dimittis, Te Deum, Trisagion,
     Vedic hymn, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, applause,
     canticle, chant, cheer, chorale, chorus of cheers, cry, doxology,
     hallelujah, hooray, hosanna, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, hymn,
     hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, laud, mantra,
     motet, offertory, offertory sentence, paean, psalm, psalmody, rah,
     report, response, responsory, shout, versicle, yell, yippee
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Alleluia
     the Greek form (Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6) of the Hebrew Hallelujah =
     Praise ye Jehovah, which begins or ends several of the psalms
     (106, 111, 112, 113, etc.).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Alleluia, praise the Lord