Meanings
comparative more alleluiatic · superlative most alleluiatic
- Pertaining to or consisting of an alleluia.First known use 18th c.
In de Officiis, Isidore described laudes as an alleluiatic chant.
2004, Gregory W Woolfenden, Daily Liturgical Prayer, page 2311 more example
Evidence of the alleluiatic psalm is found as early as Tertullian (d. 220) and in the contemporary Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus; as we have seen, it consisted of an acclamation (alleluia) after each verse chanted by a soloist.
1984, Giulio Cattin, Music of the Middle Ages, page 10
Origin
- Latinalleluia
- Late Latinalleluiaticus
- Englishalleluiatic
From Late Latin alleluiaticus, from Latin alleluia.
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese aleluiático, aleluítico
- aleluiáticopertaining to or consisting of an alleluia
- aleluíticopertaining to or consisting of an alleluia
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