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alleluiah

alleluiah is the alternative form of alleluia.

Meaning of alleluia

Noun

alleluia (plural alleluias)

  1. A liturgical form of hallelujah.
  2. A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text.
    • Down at the corner, carols bugled steamily from a mission soup-kitchen. There's no escape from it, he thought. Turn on the radio, and its alleluia licks you with tremolo tongue.1953 December, Hortense Calisher, “A Christmas Carillon: A Story”, in John Fischer, editor, Harper’s Magazine, volume 207, number 1243, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38...
  3. The plant wood sorrel.

See all 4 meanings of alleluia

Forms of alleluiah

pluralalleluiahs

Questions about alleluiah

What is alleluiah the alternative form of?
Alleluiah is the alternative form of alleluia.

Words near alleluiah in the dictionary

  1. allelotypic
  2. allelotyping
  3. allels
  4. alleluia
  5. alleluiaed
  6. alleluiah
  7. alleluiahs
  8. alleluiaing
  9. alleluias
  10. alleluiatic
  11. Alleman

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