As we know that the several unit characters are of such a nature that any one of them is capable of independently displacing or being displaced by one or more alternative characters taken singly, we may recognize this fact by naming such characters allelomorphs. Bateson.
ALLELUIA; ALLELUIAH
Al`le*lu"ia, Al`le*lu"iah, n. Etym: [L. alleluia, Gr. hall-yah. See
Hallelujah.]
Defn: An exclamation signifying Praise ye Jehovah. Hence: A song of
praise to God. See Hallelujah, the commoner form.
I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia.
Rev. xix. 1.
ALLEMANDE
Al"le*mande", n. Etym: [F., fr. allemand German.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; — now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.
2. A figure in dancing.
ALLEMANNIC
Al`le*man"nic, a.
Defn: See Alemannic.
ALLENARLY
Al*len"ar*ly, adv. Etym: [All + anerly singly, fr. ane one.]