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Hallelujah or Alleluia [Heb.,=praise the Lord], joyful expression used in Hebrew worship; cf. Pss. 104-6, 111-13, 115-17, 135, 146-50. Christian liturgies make wide use of it, particularly at Easter time. The Hallelujah Chorus is the brilliant concluding piece of Part II of Handel's Messiah.

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Hallelujah. Hebrew (biblical) expression of praise. Hallelujah occurs twenty-three times in Psalms and means ‘praise the Lord’ (halelu-Yah).

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hallelujah God be praised (uttered in worship or as an expression of rejoicing). From Old English, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek allēlouia (in the Septuagint), or (from the 16th century) directly from Hebrew hallĕlūyāh ‘praise ye the Lord’.
Hallelujah Chorus a musical composition based on the word ‘hallelujah’, especially that in the oratorio ‘Messiah’ by G. F. Handel (1685–1759), German-born musician.
Hallelujah Victory supposedly that gained over a pagan army by newly converted Bretons, led by Germanus, bishop of Auxerre, in 429; their battle-cry was ‘Hallelujah!’

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