"praise the Lord" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|imperative}} imperative, {{glossary|synchronic|synchronically}} synchronically Head templates: {{en-interj}} praise the Lord
  1. A phrase used to thank God by Christians. Categories (topical): God Synonyms: praise be to God Translations (phrase used to thank God): سُبْحَانَ اللّٰه (subḥāna llāh) (Arabic), সুবহানাল্লাহ (śub'hanallah) [Islam, religion, lifestyle] (Bengali), louez le Seigneur (French), loué soit le Seigneur (French), gloire à Dieu (French), הַלְּלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh) (Hebrew), הַלְּלוּקָהּ (hal'lukáh) (Hebrew), subhanallah (Indonesian), laus Deō (Latin), chwała Bogu (Polish), prisa Gud (Swedish), pris vare Gud (Swedish), prisad vare Gud (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-praise_the_Lord-en-intj-qpeQyHx- Disambiguation of God: 49 12 40 Categories (other): English imperative sentences, English subjunctive expressions, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English imperative sentences: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of English subjunctive expressions: 55 39 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 40 44 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 44 49 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 43 52 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 38 45 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 37 45 18 Disambiguation of 'phrase used to thank God': 94 4 2
  2. Expression of thankful happiness; not always literally religious when used by cultural Christians, but not explicitly differentiable, thus ambiguous. Categories (topical): God Synonyms: praise be, praise be to God
    Sense id: en-praise_the_Lord-en-intj-QwLb02LH Disambiguation of God: 49 12 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English imperative sentences, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 53 7 Disambiguation of English imperative sentences: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 53 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 54 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 55 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 40 44 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 37 47 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 44 49 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 35 46 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 37 46 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 43 52 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 38 45 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 37 45 18
  3. (UK, mildly blasphemous) Stereotypical exclamation used in mockery of Christianity. Tags: UK Categories (topical): God
    Sense id: en-praise_the_Lord-en-intj-1YdLj7rT Disambiguation of God: 49 12 40 Categories (other): British English, English imperative sentences, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English imperative sentences: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 40 44 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 38 45 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 37 45 18
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