The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. )
So sung they, and the empyrean rung
With Hallelujahs.
--Milton.
In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,``any one as he
walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his
hallelujahs.''
--Sharp.
Wiktionary
interj. (alternative spelling of hallelujah English) n. (alternative spelling of hallelujah English)
Usage examples of "halleluiah".
They most delighted in the Halleluiah Chorus, and often, when Jack walked forward to lend his powerful bass, they would go through it twice, so that the deck vibrated again and he sang away in the midst of that great volume of true ordered sound, his heart lifted high.