Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hallelujah"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Hallelujah
praise ye Jehovah, frequently rendered "Praise ye the LORD,"
stands at the beginning of ten of the psalms (106, 111-113, 135,
146-150), hence called "hallelujah psalms." From its frequent
occurrence it grew into a formula of praise. The Greek form of
the word (alleluia) is found in Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Halleluiah \Hal`le*lu"iah\, Hallelujah \Hal`le*lu"jah\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hallelujah
n : a shout or song of praise to God
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