hallelujah

Etymology

From Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh, “Praise Yah”).

intj

1. An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.
2. (by extension) A general expression of gratitude or adoration.
   Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend!

noun

1. A shout of “Hallelujah”.
2. (music) A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah".
3. (in the plural) General praise.

verb

1. (intransitive) To cry "hallelujah" in praise.
   My aunt Gastonia […] she'd seen the Lord more times than they could ever count, and hallelujahed and hallelujahed, said, “While's all this the Gospel word and true, […] 1971, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in Pic