Alleluia

Alleluia: quemadmodum vidistis eum ascendentem in caelum, ita veniet, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. ❋ Bls (2008)

The chant became very elaborate, the greater part of it being devoted to the last vowel of the word alleluia, which was prolonged through so many successive notes as to suggest a mystical meaning, viz., that it represented the chant of eternity, or, as Durandus says, the joy that is too great to be expressed in words. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

And it is to wit that this word alleluia is expounded in four manners after four doctors, the first is S. Austin, which exposeth it thus: ❋ 1230-1298 (1900)

Matthew, and Thomas, and the still more familiar Jack and Jockey; and even with a few words of Hebrew origin, such as alleluia, balm, bedlam, camel, cider, and sabbath. ❋ Unknown (1873)

"alleluia;" they clapped their hands, leaped up, fell down, clasped each other in their free arms, cried, laughed, and went to and fro, tossing upward their unfettered hands; but high above the whole there was a mighty sound which ever and anon swelled up; it was the utterings in broken negro dialect of gratitude to God. ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

Embedded in Koine Greek, and preserved in Latin translations of the Bible, a few Hebrew terms were widely employed in Old English, such as amen and alleluia, Hebrew for “so be it” and “praise Yah,” more often rendered “verily” and “praise the Lord.” ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Perhaps you see with me that this step in the PCUSA joins all kinds of other indications that the church and the world are on the brink of a new era in which -- alleluia! ❋ Rev. Dr. Janet Edwards (2011)

He who laid down his life for his sheep, who died for his flock, he is risen, alleluia. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He fed them from the fulness of the wheat, alleluia. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Today too in the usus antiquior the Communion antiphon also invokes this imagery: "I am the good Shepherd, alleluia: and I know My sheep, and Mine know Me, alleluia, alleluia." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Surely, then, doubt is something to be grateful for, something about which to sing an alleluia. ❋ OSB Sister Joan Chittister (2010)

His presentation of Molly's penury is sensitive and picturesque, from the "disheveled aplomb" of a broken lamp to the "alleluia of a siren" outside. ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

I'm [lucky] to have an alleluia [in my life] ❋ Ademide (2017)

Orange Nine: "[Alleluia] my [almighty] [Balloony]!" ❋ Sxanu Random Dude (2023)