Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used at the end of a prayer or a statement to express assent or approval.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To ratify solemnly; say amen to; approve.
- To say the last word to; end; finish.
- Verily; truly: retained in the Bible from the original.
- It is so; after a prayer or wish, be it so: a concluding formula used as a solemn expression of concurrence in a formal statement or confession of faith, or in a prayer or wish.
- A mere concluding formula.
- noun He who is true and faithful: retained in the Bible from the original, as a title of Christ.
- noun An expression of concurrence or assent; an assertion of belief.
- noun The concluding word or act; end; conclusion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To say Amen to; to sanction fully.
- interjection An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning,
So be it . At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent totruly ,verily . - interjection to approve warmly; to concur in heartily or emphatically; to ratify; as, I
say Amen to all.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb At the end of
Judeo-Christian prayers :so be it . - adverb At the end of a
creed or in Biblical translations:truly ,verily . - interjection An expression of strong
agreement . - noun An instance of saying ‘amen’.
- noun A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)
- verb To say Amen.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Hell if you go back and look at the comments you will see ALL of what you term his amen corner saying he should write about G Gordon Liddy whom IS an equivalent of Bill Ayers instead of continuing to get on the tireswing and yearn for the McCain of old.
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Then again, he did use the word "mellifluous" just for flare -- maybe saying, "amen" is just some literary device we don't understand yet ...
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The word amen means truly, certainly, so be it -- from the verb to confirm, to establish, to be true.
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This Christian soldier thing has to stop before everyone gets killed in Jesus name amen!
This is Jesus...We Gotta Talk About This Christian Soldier Thing. 2007
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This Christian soldier thing has to stop before everyone gets killed in Jesus name amen!
Message from Jesus: Please- No More Christian Soldiers Marching as to War 2007
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In consequence of Mrs. Snagsby looking deeply edified, Mr. Snagsby thinks it expedient on the whole to say amen, which is well received.
Bleak House 2007
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I call those things that be not as though they are, in Jesus name amen and amen.
My True Love Is Coming (My Lover Man) angelbaby67 2007
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It will doubtless be looked upon as heresy for a children's librarian to own that she has a deal of sympathy for the down-trodden adult of the present; that there have been moments when she has even gone so far as to say an "amen" -- under her breath -- to the librarian who, after a day of vexations at the hands of the exasperating young person represented in our current social writings as a much-sinned-against innocent, wrathfully exploded, "Children ought to be put in a barrel and fed through the bung till they are twenty-one years old!"
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In consequence of Mr.. Snagsby looking deeply edified, Mr. Snagsby thinks it expedient on the whole to say amen, which is well received.
Bleak House Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1853
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In consequence of Mr.. Snagsby looking deeply edified, Mr. Snagsby thinks it expedient on the whole to say amen, which is well received.
Bleak House Charles Dickens 1841
treeseed commented on the word amen
See also so mote it be
February 2, 2008