| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·men |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -m n , ä-mn |
| INTERJECTION: | Used at the end of a prayer or a statement to express assent or approval. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin m n, from Greek, from Hebrew ’mn, certainly, verily, from ’man, to be firm. See  mn in Appendix II.
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