amenexclamation
uk/ˌɑːˈmen//ˌeɪˈmen/us/ˌɑːˈmen//ˌeɪˈmen/formalsaid or sung at the end of a prayer or a religious song to express agreement with what has been said
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Religious ceremonies & prayers
- alleluia
- anoint
- baptism
- bar mitzvah
- bat mitzvah
- blessing
- burnt offering
- confirmation
- consecrate
- creed
- dedicate
- devotion
- Eucharist
- incense
- matins
- ordination
- Our Father
- pray
- prayer
- sermon
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Examples from literature
- "Amen," replied both the guests.
- "Amen," said Margaret with white lips.
- Each week we wrote two sermons and a lecture all out, from the text to the amen.
- In the name of the bee And of the butterfly And of the breeze, amen!
- Thus God provides for his creatures, unto whom be praise, now and for ever more, amen.
Idiom(s)
amen to that