Definitions for amens

amens a·men

Spelling: [ey-men, ah-men]
IPA: /ˈeɪˈmɛn, ˈɑˈmɛn/

Amens is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in amens (aemns).

Definitions for amens

noun

  1. an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
  2. a musical setting for such an utterance.
  3. an expression of concurrence or assent:
  4. a primeval deity worshiped especially at Thebes, the personification of air or breath represented as either a ram or a goose (later identified with Amen-Ra).

adverb

  1. verily; truly.

interjection

  1. it is so; so be it (used after a prayer, creed, or other formal statement to express solemn ratification or agreement).

Origin of amens

before 1000; Middle English, Old English Late Latin Greek Hebrew āmēn certainty, certainly

Examples for amens

Why is a in amens long, and a in amans short, and the like of other Words too numerous to relate?

The piety of neither gallery nor convention could be questioned if the fervor and frequency of amens!

The elders did not know Will's voice; so they would get warmed up by degree as the amens came thicker and faster.

How those men used to pray with stentorian voice, which called forth loud “amens” from voices all over the chapel!

I never was much of a hand to sound the amens, even in our own Methodist meetin's.

Romalls, amens, casserillias, and ribdilures were high-sounding but perishable.

It meant a sore and troubled conscience, because her eye would travel ahead on the page to the amens.

Sleepily but happily we responded with hallelujahs and amens.

On Sunday (February 1st) I went to the cathedral service, and it vexed me to hear them singing their prayers and amens.

This was with an odd sort of old man who was hardly ever heard to speak except to join in the 'amens' in the meeting-house.

Word Value for amens
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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