praise the Lord
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praise the Lord
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A present subjunctive clause inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of them. It is semantically equivalent to praise be to God. The zero morph difference from the imperative form allows parsing as a command synchronically.
interjection
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A phrase used to thank God by Christians.
Similar: praise be to God
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Expression of thankful happiness; not always literally religious when used by cultural Christians, but not explicitly differentiable, thus ambiguous.
Similar: praise be, praise be to God
- Stereotypical exclamation used in mockery of Christianity. “There was a time when the homosexual demanded marriage,” he added with an exasperated chuckle. “Praise the Lord, that time is past. PRAISE THE LORD!” he commanded.
Translations
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intj phrase used to thank God
| Español | alabado sea Dios |
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| 日本語 | スブハーナッラー subuhānarrā |
| हिन्दी | सुभानअल्लाह subhānaallāh |
| Français | louez le Seigneur, loué soit le Seigneur, gloire à Dieu |
| Italiano | sia lodato Dio, sia lodato Iddio, sia lodato il Signore, sia lodato il cielo |
| العربية | سُبْحَانَ اللّٰه subḥāna llāh |
| עברית | הַלְּלוּיָהּ hal'luyáh, הַלְּלוּקָהּ hal'lukáh |
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title = {praise the Lord},
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