alleluia
A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.
alleluia (plural alleluias)
A liturgical form of hallelujah.
(music) A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text.
The plant wood sorrel.
alleluia (third-person singular simple present alleluias, present participle alleluiaing, simple past and past participle alleluiaed)
Alternative spelling of hallelujah
Source: Wiktionary
Al`le*lu"ia, Al`le*lu"iah, n. Etym: [L. alleluia, Gr. hall-yah. See Hallelujah.]
Definition: An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia. Rev. xix. 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 February 2025
(noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
