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hallelujah

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hallelujah /ˌhalɪˈluːjə/ (also alleluia)

▶exclamation God be praised. ▶noun an utterance of the word ‘hallelujah’.

■ (usu. Alleluia) a piece of music or church liturgy containing this.

– origin OE, via eccles. L. alleluia from Gk allēlouia, or directly from Heb. hallĕlūyāh ‘praise ye the Lord’.

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