intj
Meaning 1
A phrase used to thank God by Christians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: praise be to God
Antonyms: none provided
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intj
A phrase used to thank God by Christians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: praise be to God
Antonyms: none provided
intj
Expression of thankful happiness; not always literally religious when used by cultural Christians, but not explicitly differentiable, thus ambiguous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: praise be, praise be to God
Antonyms: none provided
intj
Stereotypical exclamation used in mockery of Christianity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Qualifier: mildly blasphemous
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.