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▪ I. alleluia, int. and n.1|ælɪˈl(j)uːɪə|
[a. L. Allēlūia, a. Gr. ἀλληλούϊα, the Septuagint representation of Heb. hallēlū-yāh, i.e. praise ye Jah or Jehovah, now more commonly written as in the A.V. of the O.T., hallelujah.]
An exclamation meaning ‘Praise the Lord,’ which occurs in many psalms and anthems. Hence, A song of praise to God.
1382Wyclif Rev. xix. 6 A vois of a greet trumpe..seiynge alleluya [Tindale Alleluya, Rhem. Allelu-ia, 1611 Alleluia]. 1398Trevisa tr. Barth. De P.R. ix. xxviii. (1495) 364 At Ester Alleluya is songe. c1400Epiph. (Turnb. 1843) 1880 They song all ther with myld chere Aleluya with vocys soo clere. 1691J. Norris Pract. Disc. 121 The Burthen of whose Devotion lay in Anthems and Alleluiahs. 1864Engel Mus. Anc. Nat. 99 Trilling the tongue against the roof of the mouth..is all that constitutes the Alleluia of the ancients.
▪ II. alleluia, n.2 Obs. or dial.|ælɪˈl(j)uːɪə|
[‘Bears the same name in Ger., Fr., It., Sp.’ Prior. Etymon uncertain; see the quotations.]
The wood sorrel (Oxalis Acetosella).
1543Traheron Vigo (1586) 430 Alleyluya..a kind of three leaved grasse, which is sowre in tast. 1551Turner Herbal ii. 74 Oxys..is called alleluya, because it appereth about Easter, when Alleluya is song agayn, or wodsore: but it shuld be called wodsour or sorell. 1662More Antid. agst. Ath. ii. vi. (1712) 57 The Leaf of Balm, and of Alleluia or Wood-Sorrel..are Cardiacal. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict., Cuckow-Bread, or Alleluia. 1830Withering in Britten Plant-n. s.v., Alleluia, probably from its being called in the South of Italy Juliola, whence also its officinal name Luzula. |