praise the Lord en · INTJ
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.
Meanings
- A phrase used to thank God by Christians.
- Expression of thankful happiness; not always literally religious when used by cultural Christians, but not explicitly differentiable, thus ambiguous.
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(UK, qualifier:mildly blasphemous) 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.
2021, Truscott Jones, chapter 1, in For the Common Good: What Happens When the Powerful Get Desperate?, Saint Petersburg, Fla.: BookLocker, →ISBN, page 8:
Synonyms
praise be to God · praise be · praise be to God
Translations (22)
fr gloire à Dieu (phrase used to thank God) · la laus Deō (phrase used to thank God) · hi सुभानअल्लाह (phrase used to thank God) · id subhanallah (phrase used to thank God) · it sia lodato il Signore (phrase used to thank God) · it sia lodato Iddio (phrase used to thank God) · it sia lodato il cielo (phrase used to thank God) · ja スブハーナッラー (phrase used to thank God) · it sia lodato Dio (phrase used to thank God) · sv prisad vare Gud (phrase used to thank God) · sv prisa Gud (phrase used to thank God) · fr louez le Seigneur (phrase used to thank God) · ur سبحان اللہ (phrase used to thank God) · ar سُبْحَانَ اللّٰه (phrase used to thank God) · fr loué soit le Seigneur (phrase used to thank God) · sv pris vare Gud (phrase used to thank God) · tt сөбханаллаһ (phrase used to thank God) · bn সুবহানাল্লাহ (phrase used to thank God) · he הַלְּלוּקָהּ (phrase used to thank God) · he הַלְּלוּיָהּ (phrase used to thank God) · es alabado sea Dios (phrase used to thank God) · pl chwała Bogu (phrase used to thank God)