hallelujahn.¹

Brit.

/ˌhalᵻˈluːjə/, U.S.

/ˌhæləˈlujə/

Forms:

α. 1600s 1800s alleluja, late Middle English–1500s alleluya, 1600s– alleluia Brit. /ˌalᵻˈluːjə/, U.S. /ˌæləˈlujə/.

β. 1700s 1900s– hallelujah.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alleluia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin alleluia wood sorrel (from 14th cent. in British sources), specific use of alleluia alleluia int., apparently so called because the plant flowers between Easter and Pentecost; during Eastertide, ‘alleluia’ is added at the end of every antiphon in the Divine Office. Compare Anglo-Norman aleluia , Anglo-Norman and Middle French alleluya (13th cent.). The β. forms show remodelling after hallelujah int. and n.²

Wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella.Now only in lists of alternative names for the plant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel and allies) > [noun]

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stab-wort1640

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goat's foot1787

sour grass1866

sour-sop1885

soursob1907

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant

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nip1651

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Algerian tea1728

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silphium1753

belladonna1788

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yercum1826

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strong man's weed1864

conium1866

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fever grass1875

c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 68 (MED) Panis cuculi, alleluya i. wodsour, is a trefoyle growyng vnder buschez and bereþ white flourez.

a1500 Med. Recipes (Sloane 3153) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 157 [c1450 BL Add. 33996 Take]..þe leefis of alleluya [BL Add. 33996 continues alla lef; a1500 BL Add. 19674 alleluya leues].

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 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.

1649 N. Culpeper Physicall Directory 24 Alleluja, Lujula &c. Wood-sorrel, it is of the temperature of other Sorrel, and..cools the blood helps ulcers in the mouth.

1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica ii. 380 In the Shops it [sc. Wood Sorrel] has been called beside Lujula, Alleluia, Oxytriphyllum, and Panis Cuculi.

1868 C. M. Yonge Chaplet of Pearls I. xvi. 221 Just by, sheltered by the threefold leaves of the alleluia-flower, was a bird's nest.

1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 May 293/3 How happy is the country polyonymosity that hails it also as sheep-sorrel,..hallelujah,..and God Almighty's bread-and-cheese?

2007 G. Allen Herbalist in Kitchen 309 Wood Sorrel: Oxalis acetosa. Other common, ethnic, or scientific names. Cuckowes meat, fairy bells, hallelujah,..wood sour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hallelujahint.n.²

Brit.

/ˌhalᵻˈluːjə/, U.S.

/ˌhæləˈlujə/

Forms: 1500s 1800s– halleluya, 1500s– halleluiah, 1500s– hallelujah, 1600s halaluiah, 1600s haleluia, 1700s– halleluyah, 1900s– hallilieujah (in sense B. 2).

Origin: Of multiple origins. A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew hallĕlūyāh.

Etymology: < Hebrew hallĕlūyāh, literally ‘praise God!’ < hallĕlū , 2nd person plural imperative of hallēl to praise (see Hallel n.) + yāh , shortened form of the Hebrew holy name of God (see Jehovah n., and compare Yahweh n.). Compare earlier alleluia int. and n.Compare Dutch halleluja, interjection and noun (1637), German halleluja, interjection, Halleluja, noun (both first half of the 16th cent.).

A. int.

1. ‘Praise the Lord’: used as an expression of worship, esp. in psalms, prayers, and other devotional compositions. Cf. alleluia int.

ΚΠ

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cv[i]. 48 Let all people saye: Amen, Amen. Halleluya.

1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 63 In respect of thy dignification..I say with the[e] Hallelujah.

1679 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 330 A Mercy, w^ch makes mee merrily & Trebly sing, Gaudiamus and Haleluia.

1866 R. G. White Poetry of Civil War 96 John Brown's soul is marching with the brave, His soul is marching on. Glory, glory, hallelujah!

1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels ix. 189 When four members of the choir gave their ‘testimonies’, the audience responded enthusiastically with loud cries of ‘Halleluiah’.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Mar. a4/4 Sometimes it seemed there were two audiences in one, with the whites sitting blankly as blacks..responded to the music with cries of ‘Hallelujah!’ and ‘Yebo!’

2. colloquial. In weakened or ironic use, as an expression of joy or relief: thank goodness, hurray.

ΚΠ

1991 A. Roddick Body & Soul vi. 137 A striking woman of about thirty-five arrived on roller skates, slid right the way through the shop, threw up her arms and shouted: ‘Hey, hallelujah! You're here at last!’

1994 W. J. Clinton in Public Papers Presidents U.S. (1995) 815/1 I don't understand why the organizations aren't saying, ‘Well, hallelujah, this is the first Federal explicit protection we ever had for the means of hunting.’

2011 Independent 7 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 16/2 Now it's the time for the normal trouser to take precedence once again—especially ones that (hallelujah!) whittle waists, lengthen legs and boost bums.

B. n.²

1. An instance of saying or singing ‘hallelujah’; a song of praise to God consisting of or containing this. Also in extended use. Cf. alleluia n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > parts of service > alleluia > [noun]

alleluiaOE

hallelujah1614

society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > praise > [noun]

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1614 P. Forbes Def. Lawful Calling 56 A sweete and high tuned Halleluiah.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 634 And the Empyrean rung, With Halleluiahs .

1744 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. 56 Their Hallelujah's loud and sweet With our Hosannas join.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 64 That the psalms they now heard must be exchanged, in the space of two brief days, for eternal hallelujahs or eternal lamentations.

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 646 He [sc. Handel] has written other Hallelujahs or Allelujahs.

1969 E. W. Emery Aunt Puss & Others 52 In the amen corner where he sat, his musical hallelujahs often punctuated the preacher's remarks.

1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse viii. 397 There was no hallelujah in my heart, not even a huzzah.

2. A religion, fusing indigenous spiritual beliefs with those of Christianity, practised among the Carib-speaking peoples of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil. Also: an adherent of this religion.Hallelujah arose in Guyana in the mid 19th cent.; in 1977 it became affiliated to the Guyana Council of Churches.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > hallelujah > [noun]

hallelujah1946

1946 F. W. Kenswil Children of Silence vi. 13 Aboriginal Indians are a very religious set of people... Those of the hinterland of this colony [sc. British Guiana] have their own religion which they call ‘Hallilieujah’. This Hallilieujah is said to have been conceived, in the dim past, by an Indian whose name was Bi-chi-wung.

1953 Social & Econ. Stud. 2 106 There are still children and grandchildren of the founder of Hallelujah alive today.

1977 Guyana Embassy News No 4. 3/2 (headline) Hallelujahs celebrate.

2018 www.guyanachronicle.com 29 Aug. (Internet Archive Wayback Machine 30 Aug. 2018) This form of worship is predominantly carried out by several villages in Regions Seven, Eight and Nine. It will be the second time Hallelujah worshippers will be participating in the Religious Service.

Compounds

C1. General use as a modifier with the sense ‘characterized by cries or chants of “hallelujah”; consisting of or containing the word “hallelujah”’.Often with reference to revivalist or charismatic church activities.

ΚΠ

1654 A. Trapnel Rep. & Plea 44 The Lord also filled me with joy unspeakable, and full of glory in believing, and many visions and Hallelujah songs I had there.

1749 J. Byrom Epist. to Gentleman of Temple 9 Tune the Hallelujah Song anew.

1861 H. A. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl xiii. 114 He assures people..that the slaves don't want their freedom; that they have hallelujah meetings, and other religious privileges.

2001 N.Y. Times 6 May xiv. 3/2 Mr. Cupp found himself spending much of his youth with his extended family—parents, grandparents and his grandfather's partner, Otto Black, a black piano player and ‘hallelujah Baptist’.

2018 M. V. Clarke Brit. Methodist Hymnody iv. 91 The Camp Meeting movement..made considerable use of music, including hymns sung in a call and response style, drawing on the earlier tradition of ‘Hallelujah’ refrains.

C2.

Hallelujah Band n. now historical any of a number of evangelical groups of the 1860s who travelled around the English Midlands and beyond holding lively open-air gatherings to attract converts.The first Hallelujah Band was formed in Walsall in 1862 and was led by Thomas Whitehouse. The bands served as an inspiration for, and precursor to, the Salvation Army.

ΚΠ

1863 T. Whitehouse in Wesleyan Times 16 Nov. 726/2 The band of men who took part in the preliminary services were styled the Hallelujah Band. They have been very rough characters.

1864 Birmingham Daily Post 18 Apr. 7/4 That nuisance which makes our nights hideous, the noises of the hallelujah band.

1904 Derby Daily Tel. 28 May Among those present were a number of the members of the late Hallelujah Band.

1994 N. H. Murdoch Origins of Salvation Army (1996) 1 He had joined a Hallelujah Band wearing Garibaldi red shirts at Rugby the next year.

Hallelujah Chorus n. (usually with the) the chorus at the end of Part II of Handel's Messiah which is punctuated with exclamations of ‘hallelujah’; (more generally, often with lower-case initials) a musical composition based on the word ‘hallelujah’; a religious song of praise.

ΚΠ

1775 Public Advertiser 12 May Mr. Handel's Hallelujah Chorus in the Messiah is a superb Hymn of Praise.

1997 Resource Packet for Neo-Paganism & Witchcraft 184 [They] danced around a May pole singing first an American Indian chant and then a hallelujah chorus.

2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 290 Loud, drunken renditions of ‘It Came Upon a Midnight Clear’ and snatches of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’.

Hallelujah Lass n. colloquial (now historical) a female member of the Salvation Army.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > salvationism > [noun] > person > female

Hallelujah Lass1878

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Salvation lassie1891

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lassie1906

1878 Morpeth Herald 16 Nov. 4/4 The ‘Hallelujah Lasses’, under the command of General Rev. W. Booth, London, have been holding revival services at Blyth during this week.

1886 F. Hume Myst. Hansom Cab (1887) xvi. 109 It appears that she had been in the Army as a hallelujah lass.

2003 A. M. Eason Women in God's Army iii. 48 Middle-class opponents of the organization were also critical of the roles given to its Hallelujah Lasses, who were considered to transgress public spaces by parading down streets and preaching in public.

Halleluia victory n. (also with capital initial in the second element) (the name for) a victory said to have been gained by an army of Britons over the Saxons and Picts in c429; = Alleluia victory n. at alleluia int. and n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1683 Apol. for God's Worship & Worshipers 88 One Germane, and Lupus preach'd in the Fields, and twice subdued the Pelagians: 1. By Battle, and that Hallelujah-Victory, got blowless.

1881 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 10 176 This date seems to me to be clearly deduced from Constantius, and to coincide with that of the Hallelujah victory.

1958 R. H. Fletcher Arthurian Material in Chronicles x. 246 Bede's Hallelujah Victory is associated with Uther.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hallelujah
释义	hallelujahn.¹ Brit. /ˌhalᵻˈluːjə/, U.S. /ˌhæləˈlujə/ Forms: α. 1600s 1800s alleluja, late Middle English–1500s alleluya, 1600s– alleluia Brit. /ˌalᵻˈluːjə/, U.S. /ˌæləˈlujə/. β. 1700s 1900s– hallelujah. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alleluia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin alleluia wood sorrel (from 14th cent. in British sources), specific use of alleluia alleluia int., apparently so called because the plant flowers between Easter and Pentecost; during Eastertide, ‘alleluia’ is added at the end of every antiphon in the Divine Office. Compare Anglo-Norman aleluia , Anglo-Norman and Middle French alleluya (13th cent.). The β. forms show remodelling after hallelujah int. and n.² Wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella.Now only in lists of alternative names for the plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel and allies) > [noun] sorrel de boysa1400 wood-soura1400 hallelujahc1425 cuckoobread1526 cuckoo's meat1526 wood sorrel1526 stubwort1541 sour trefoil1578 stobwort1597 salad sorrel1611 French sorrel1633 three-leaved grass1634 stab-wort1640 lujula1651 oxalis1706 goat's foot1787 sour grass1866 sour-sop1885 soursob1907 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant hyssopc1000 sionc1000 tunhoofc1000 poppyOE camomilea1300 orobusa1398 tithymala1400 tutsana1400 Thapsiac1400 melissa?a1425 hallelujahc1425 turmeric1538 succory1541 balin1546 English treacle1548 treacle mustard1548 rhabarb1558 Thlaspi1562 treacle clover1562 holy herb1567 lungwort1578 solanum1578 lightwort1587 neezing wort1591 Alexander's Foot1597 burst-wort1597 symphonia1597 wound-herb1597 leper's herb1600 all bones1633 schoenanth1633 nip1651 wound-shrub1659 hermodact1678 jusquiam1727 Algerian tea1728 Australian tea1728 strongback1739 silphium1753 belladonna1788 foxglove1801 ledum1822 yercum1826 lungs of oak1856 strong man's weed1864 conium1866 short-long1871 fever grass1875 c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 68 (MED) Panis cuculi, alleluya i. wodsour, is a trefoyle growyng vnder buschez and bereþ white flourez. a1500 Med. Recipes (Sloane 3153) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 157 [c1450 BL Add. 33996 Take]..þe leefis of alleluya [BL Add. 33996 continues alla lef; a1500 BL Add. 19674 alleluya leues]. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 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. 1649 N. Culpeper Physicall Directory 24 Alleluja, Lujula &c. Wood-sorrel, it is of the temperature of other Sorrel, and..cools the blood helps ulcers in the mouth. 1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica ii. 380 In the Shops it [sc. Wood Sorrel] has been called beside Lujula, Alleluia, Oxytriphyllum, and Panis Cuculi. 1868 C. M. Yonge Chaplet of Pearls I. xvi. 221 Just by, sheltered by the threefold leaves of the alleluia-flower, was a bird's nest. 1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 May 293/3 How happy is the country polyonymosity that hails it also as sheep-sorrel,..hallelujah,..and God Almighty's bread-and-cheese? 2007 G. Allen Herbalist in Kitchen 309 Wood Sorrel: Oxalis acetosa. Other common, ethnic, or scientific names. Cuckowes meat, fairy bells, hallelujah,..wood sour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hallelujahint.n.² Brit. /ˌhalᵻˈluːjə/, U.S. /ˌhæləˈlujə/ Forms: 1500s 1800s– halleluya, 1500s– halleluiah, 1500s– hallelujah, 1600s halaluiah, 1600s haleluia, 1700s– halleluyah, 1900s– hallilieujah (in sense B. 2). Origin: Of multiple origins. A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew hallĕlūyāh. Etymology: < Hebrew hallĕlūyāh, literally ‘praise God!’ < hallĕlū , 2nd person plural imperative of hallēl to praise (see Hallel n.) + yāh , shortened form of the Hebrew holy name of God (see Jehovah n., and compare Yahweh n.). Compare earlier alleluia int. and n.Compare Dutch halleluja, interjection and noun (1637), German halleluja, interjection, Halleluja, noun (both first half of the 16th cent.). A. int. 1. ‘Praise the Lord’: used as an expression of worship, esp. in psalms, prayers, and other devotional compositions. Cf. alleluia int. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cv[i]. 48 Let all people saye: Amen, Amen. Halleluya. 1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 63 In respect of thy dignification..I say with the[e] Hallelujah. 1679 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 330 A Mercy, w^ch makes mee merrily & Trebly sing, Gaudiamus and Haleluia. 1866 R. G. White Poetry of Civil War 96 John Brown's soul is marching with the brave, His soul is marching on. Glory, glory, hallelujah! 1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels ix. 189 When four members of the choir gave their ‘testimonies’, the audience responded enthusiastically with loud cries of ‘Halleluiah’. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Mar. a4/4 Sometimes it seemed there were two audiences in one, with the whites sitting blankly as blacks..responded to the music with cries of ‘Hallelujah!’ and ‘Yebo!’ 2. colloquial. In weakened or ironic use, as an expression of joy or relief: thank goodness, hurray. ΚΠ 1991 A. Roddick Body & Soul vi. 137 A striking woman of about thirty-five arrived on roller skates, slid right the way through the shop, threw up her arms and shouted: ‘Hey, hallelujah! You're here at last!’ 1994 W. J. Clinton in Public Papers Presidents U.S. (1995) 815/1 I don't understand why the organizations aren't saying, ‘Well, hallelujah, this is the first Federal explicit protection we ever had for the means of hunting.’ 2011 Independent 7 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 16/2 Now it's the time for the normal trouser to take precedence once again—especially ones that (hallelujah!) whittle waists, lengthen legs and boost bums. B. n.² 1. An instance of saying or singing ‘hallelujah’; a song of praise to God consisting of or containing this. Also in extended use. Cf. alleluia n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > parts of service > alleluia > [noun] alleluiaOE hallelujah1614 society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > praise > [noun] heryingc897 alleluiaOE laud1530 hallelujah1614 Contakion1866 theody1867 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > hymn or song of praise hymnc825 psalmeOE heryingc897 lof-songeOE alleluiaOE canticlea1325 cantic1483 laud1530 hallelujah1614 theody1867 1614 P. Forbes Def. Lawful Calling 56 A sweete and high tuned Halleluiah. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 634 And the Empyrean rung, With Halleluiahs . View more context for this quotation 1744 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. 56 Their Hallelujah's loud and sweet With our Hosannas join. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 64 That the psalms they now heard must be exchanged, in the space of two brief days, for eternal hallelujahs or eternal lamentations. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 646 He [sc. Handel] has written other Hallelujahs or Allelujahs. 1969 E. W. Emery Aunt Puss & Others 52 In the amen corner where he sat, his musical hallelujahs often punctuated the preacher's remarks. 1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse viii. 397 There was no hallelujah in my heart, not even a huzzah. 2. A religion, fusing indigenous spiritual beliefs with those of Christianity, practised among the Carib-speaking peoples of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil. Also: an adherent of this religion.Hallelujah arose in Guyana in the mid 19th cent.; in 1977 it became affiliated to the Guyana Council of Churches. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > hallelujah > [noun] hallelujah1946 1946 F. W. Kenswil Children of Silence vi. 13 Aboriginal Indians are a very religious set of people... Those of the hinterland of this colony [sc. British Guiana] have their own religion which they call ‘Hallilieujah’. This Hallilieujah is said to have been conceived, in the dim past, by an Indian whose name was Bi-chi-wung. 1953 Social & Econ. Stud. 2 106 There are still children and grandchildren of the founder of Hallelujah alive today. 1977 Guyana Embassy News No 4. 3/2 (headline) Hallelujahs celebrate. 2018 www.guyanachronicle.com 29 Aug. (Internet Archive Wayback Machine 30 Aug. 2018) This form of worship is predominantly carried out by several villages in Regions Seven, Eight and Nine. It will be the second time Hallelujah worshippers will be participating in the Religious Service. Compounds C1. General use as a modifier with the sense ‘characterized by cries or chants of “hallelujah”; consisting of or containing the word “hallelujah”’.Often with reference to revivalist or charismatic church activities. ΚΠ 1654 A. Trapnel Rep. & Plea 44 The Lord also filled me with joy unspeakable, and full of glory in believing, and many visions and Hallelujah songs I had there. 1749 J. Byrom Epist. to Gentleman of Temple 9 Tune the Hallelujah Song anew. 1861 H. A. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl xiii. 114 He assures people..that the slaves don't want their freedom; that they have hallelujah meetings, and other religious privileges. 2001 N.Y. Times 6 May xiv. 3/2 Mr. Cupp found himself spending much of his youth with his extended family—parents, grandparents and his grandfather's partner, Otto Black, a black piano player and ‘hallelujah Baptist’. 2018 M. V. Clarke Brit. Methodist Hymnody iv. 91 The Camp Meeting movement..made considerable use of music, including hymns sung in a call and response style, drawing on the earlier tradition of ‘Hallelujah’ refrains. C2. Hallelujah Band n. now historical any of a number of evangelical groups of the 1860s who travelled around the English Midlands and beyond holding lively open-air gatherings to attract converts.The first Hallelujah Band was formed in Walsall in 1862 and was led by Thomas Whitehouse. The bands served as an inspiration for, and precursor to, the Salvation Army. ΚΠ 1863 T. Whitehouse in Wesleyan Times 16 Nov. 726/2 The band of men who took part in the preliminary services were styled the Hallelujah Band. They have been very rough characters. 1864 Birmingham Daily Post 18 Apr. 7/4 That nuisance which makes our nights hideous, the noises of the hallelujah band. 1904 Derby Daily Tel. 28 May Among those present were a number of the members of the late Hallelujah Band. 1994 N. H. Murdoch Origins of Salvation Army (1996) 1 He had joined a Hallelujah Band wearing Garibaldi red shirts at Rugby the next year. Hallelujah Chorus n. (usually with the) the chorus at the end of Part II of Handel's Messiah which is punctuated with exclamations of ‘hallelujah’; (more generally, often with lower-case initials) a musical composition based on the word ‘hallelujah’; a religious song of praise. ΚΠ 1775 Public Advertiser 12 May Mr. Handel's Hallelujah Chorus in the Messiah is a superb Hymn of Praise. 1997 Resource Packet for Neo-Paganism & Witchcraft 184 [They] danced around a May pole singing first an American Indian chant and then a hallelujah chorus. 2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 290 Loud, drunken renditions of ‘It Came Upon a Midnight Clear’ and snatches of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’. Hallelujah Lass n. colloquial (now historical) a female member of the Salvation Army. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > salvationism > [noun] > person > female Hallelujah Lass1878 lass1886 Salvation lassie1891 poke bonnet1899 lassie1906 1878 Morpeth Herald 16 Nov. 4/4 The ‘Hallelujah Lasses’, under the command of General Rev. W. Booth, London, have been holding revival services at Blyth during this week. 1886 F. Hume Myst. Hansom Cab (1887) xvi. 109 It appears that she had been in the Army as a hallelujah lass. 2003 A. M. Eason Women in God's Army iii. 48 Middle-class opponents of the organization were also critical of the roles given to its Hallelujah Lasses, who were considered to transgress public spaces by parading down streets and preaching in public. Halleluia victory n. (also with capital initial in the second element) (the name for) a victory said to have been gained by an army of Britons over the Saxons and Picts in c429; = Alleluia victory n. at alleluia int. and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1683 Apol. for God's Worship & Worshipers 88 One Germane, and Lupus preach'd in the Fields, and twice subdued the Pelagians: 1. By Battle, and that Hallelujah-Victory, got blowless. 1881 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 10 176 This date seems to me to be clearly deduced from Constantius, and to coincide with that of the Hallelujah victory. 1958 R. H. Fletcher Arthurian Material in Chronicles x. 246 Bede's Hallelujah Victory is associated with Uther. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1425int.n.²1535
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Compounds

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