Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-JOIC'ING, n.

1. The act of expressing joy and gladness. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous. – Ps. cxviii.
2. The subject of joy. Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they ore the rejoicing of my heart. – Ps. cxix.
3. The experience of joy. – Gal. vi.