amen
IPA: eɪmˈɛn
noun
- An instance of saying ‘amen’.
- A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14)
- (biblical) Jesus, Son of God, as the authority.
- A surname.
- Alternative form of Amun [(Egyptian mythology) An Egyptian wind deity associated with the town of Thebes; later (post-16th century BCE) the creator deity, often depicted with curling ram horns.]
verb
- (intransitive) To say amen.
- (transitive) To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
adverb
- At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
- In many Abrahamic religious texts and creeds: certainly, verily.
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Examples of "amen" in Sentences
- I call those things that be not as though they are, in Jesus name amen and amen.
- This Christian soldier thing has to stop before everyone gets killed in Jesus name amen!
- The word amen means truly, certainly, so be it -- from the verb to confirm, to establish, to be true.
- In consequence of Mrs. Snagsby looking deeply edified, Mr. Snagsby thinks it expedient on the whole to say amen, which is well received.
- In consequence of Mr.. Snagsby looking deeply edified, Mr. Snagsby thinks it expedient on the whole to say amen, which is well received.
- Then again, he did use the word "mellifluous" just for flare -- maybe saying, "amen" is just some literary device we don't understand yet ...
- 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.
- 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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