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Hallelujah

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə

Definitions

  1. A shout of “Hallelujah”.
  2. A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".
  3. General praise.
    in-plural

Equivalents

28 more languages
Българскиалилуя
Bosanskiу̏ра
Catalàal·leluia
Ελληνικάαλληλούια
Esperantohaleluja
Gaeilgeaililiú
עבריתהללויה
Hrvatskiу̏ра
Bahasa Indonesiahaleluya
Italianoalleluia
日本語ハレルヤ
한국어할렐루야
Latinaalleluia
Македонскиалелуја
Portuguêsaleluia
Românăaleluia
Српскиу̏ра
Svenskahalleluja
Kiswahilialleluia
Tagalogaleluya

Examples

“So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, / With Halleluiahs: Thus was Sabbath kept.”
Who so stolid and selfish, that would not give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nation’s jubilee, when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs?”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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