praise the Lord

感叹词 intj.
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感叹词 intj.
  1. A phrase used to thank God by Christians.
  2. Expression of thankful happiness; not always literally religious when used by cultural Christians, but not explicitly differentiable, thus ambiguous.
  3. Stereotypical exclamation used in mockery of Christianity. UK
    — “There was a time when the homosexual demanded marriage,” he added with an exasperated chuckle. “Praise the Lord, that time is past. PRAISE THE LORD!” he commanded.

词源

A present subjunctive clause inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of them. It is semantically equivalent to praise be to God. The zero morph difference from the imperative form allows parsing as a command synchronically.
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