Relating to or characteristic of alleluias; having the nature of praise or jubilation expressed through song.
Formed from 'alleluia' plus the suffix '-atic' (relating to or characterized by). This is a specialized ecclesiastical term describing music and liturgy that incorporates alleluias.
This rare word was created to describe a specific type of medieval church music—if you called a piece of liturgical music 'alleluiatic,' you'd be telling other musicians it's full of those extended, joyful melismatic alleluias that made people's hearts soar.
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