Definition of Amen

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Definition of Amen

Amen

An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.

To say Amen to; to sanction fully.

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Amen Quotations

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.
Martin Luther

The Amen of nature is always a flower.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Dear God, Please send to me the spirit of Your peace. Then send, dear Lord, the spirit of peace from me to all the world. Amen.
Marianne Williamson

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Everytime someone ends a prayer in the Western world they say Amen - that is the name of an Egyptian god associated with completion. So we're still praying to their gods.
Whitley Strieber

May the Lord destroy all the tyrants of the church. Amen.
Michael Servetus

Amen Translations

amen in German is Amen {n}
amen in Swedish is amen

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