amen








interjection

  1. it is so; so be it (used after a prayer, creed, or other formal statement to express solemn ratification or agreement).

adverb

  1. verily; truly.

noun

  1. an utterance of the interjection “amen.”
  2. a musical setting for such an utterance.
  3. an expression of concurrence or assent: The committee gave its amen to the proposal.

noun Egyptian Mythology.

  1. a primeval deity worshiped especially at Thebes, the personification of air or breath represented as either a ram or a goose (later identified with Amen-Ra).

interjection

  1. so be it!: a term used at the end of a prayer or religious statement

noun

  1. the use of the word amen, as at the end of a prayer
  2. say amen to to express strong approval of or support for (an assertion, hope, etc)

noun

  1. Egyptian myth a local Theban god, having a ram’s head and symbolizing life and fertility, identified by the Egyptians with the national deity Amen-Ra

Old English, from Late Latin amen, from Ecclesiastical Greek amen, from Hebrew amen “truth,” used adverbially as an expression of agreement (e.g. Deut. xxvii:26, I Kings i:36; cf. Modern English verily, surely, absolutely in the same sense), from Semitic root a-m-n “to be trustworthy, confirm, support.” Used in Old English only at the end of Gospels, otherwise translated as Soðlic! or Swa hit ys, or Sy! As an expression of concurrence after prayers, it is recorded from early 13c.

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