HOSANNA

hosanna

(noun) a cry of praise or adoration (to God)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Interjection

hosanna

A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church.

Noun

hosanna (plural hosannas)

A cry of ‘hosanna’.

Verb

hosanna (third-person singular simple present hosannas, present participle hosannaing, simple past and past participle hosannaed)

(intransitive) To give a cry of ‘hosanna’.

Source: Wiktionary


Ho*san"na, n.; pl. Hosannas. Etym: [Gr. hoshi'ah nnasave now, save, we pray, hoshia' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of yasha') + na, a particle.]

Definition: A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. "Hosanna to the Highest." Milton. Hosanna to the Son of David. Matt. xxi. 9.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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