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The word amen is defined as to express agreement, most often during worship.

(interjection)

An example of the word Amen is the response that people give at the end of a homily in mass.

See amen in Webster's New World College Dictionary

interjection

may it be so; so it is: used after a prayer or to express approval

Origin: OE < LL(Ec) < Gr amēn < Heb amen, truly, certainly

adverb

Archaic verily

noun

an instance of speaking or writing “amen”

noun

Amon

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interjection

Used at the end of a prayer or a statement to express assent or approval.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English

Origin: , from Late Latin āmēn

Origin: , from Greek

Origin: , from Hebrew ’āmēn, certainly, verily

Origin: , from ’āman, to be firm; see אmn in Semitic roots

also A·mon or Am·mon

noun
Mythology

The Egyptian god of life and reproduction, represented as a man with a ram's head.

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