alleluiatic, a.
(ælɪˌl(j)uːɪˈætɪk)
[ad. L. allēlūiatic-us f. allēlūiā, after drama, dramatic-us, etc.]
Of or pertaining to the Alleluia or Hallelujah.
| [1639 Ussher Brit. Eccl. xi. Wks. 1847 V. 381 Celebratissimam victoriam Alleluiaticam.] 1844 St. German in Eng. Saints xiv. 158 Which goes in history by the name of the Alleluiatic Victory [when the Britons under Germanus by shouting Hallelujah gained a bloodless victory over the Pagan Saxons and Picts]. 18.. W. Staunton Eccl. Dict. (ed. 4) App. 3, Alleluiatic Sequence, the hymn beginning with the words ‘The strain upraise.’ |