rejoicing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REJOIC'ING, participle present tense Animating with gladness; exhilarating; feeling joy. REJOIC'ING, participle present tense Animating with gladness; exhilarating; feeling joy. REJOIC'ING, noun 1. The act of expressing joy and gladness. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous. Psalms 118:15. 2. The subject of joy. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Psalms 119:111. 3. The experience of joy. Galatians 6:4.
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