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[Gr. Allélouia; Heb. Hallelu - Yah Praise ye Jehovah.] A. As substantive : Scrip . & Ecclesiol.: An ascription of praise to God (see def.), occurring at the commencement of many psalms, as cvi., cхі., схіі., схіii., . Hence it became a doxology in the Jewish synagogues. We read in the Book of Revelation that "much people in heaven" said Alleluia, as did the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures (Rev. xix. 1, 3, 4, 6), these coupling it with Amen. The verses just quoted aided Alleluia, or Hallelujah, in becoming what it now is, a doxology in the Christian church, though the meaning is unknown to many who at times use it as an ejaculation. "In those days, as St. Jerome tells us, any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs."- Sharp , vol. vii., ser. 4. B. As adj.: Of, belonging to, containing, ejacu lating, or singing hallelujahs. "And tune the hallelujah song anew." Byrom: An Epistle to a Gentleman of the Temple. 2116