hosanna

ho·san·na

also ho·san·nah H0287200 (hō-zăn′ə)interj. Used to express praise or adoration to God.n.1. A cry of "hosanna."2. A shout of fervent and worshipful praise.

[Middle English osanna, from Old English, from Late Latin ōsanna, from Greek hōsanna, from Hebrew hôša'-nā', deliver us : hôša', second person sing. imperative of hôšîa', to save; see wṯʕ in Semitic roots + -nā', injunctive particle.]

hosanna

(həʊˈzænə) or

hosannah

interj (Ecclesiastical Terms) an exclamation of praise, esp one to Godn (Ecclesiastical Terms) the act of crying "hosanna"[Old English osanna, via Late Latin from Greek, from Hebrew hōshi `āh nnā save now, we pray]

ho•san•na

(hoʊˈzæn ə)

interj., n., pl. -nas, interj. 1. (an exclamation used in praise of God or Christ.) n. 2. a cry of “hosanna.” 3. a shout of praise or adoration; an acclamation. v.t. 4. to praise, applaud, etc. [before 900; Middle English, Old English osanna < Late Latin (h)ōsanna < Greek ōsanná < Hebrew hōsh(i)‘āhnnā save, we pray]

Thesaurus

Noun

hosanna - a cry of praise or adoration (to God)cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

Translations

ωσαννάosanna

Hosanna

(hōzăn`ə) [Heb.,=save now; Psalm 118], an intensified imperative, a cry, addressed to God, particularly used in the Feast of Tabernacles, when prayers for rain were offered. In the New Testament the crowd shouted it when Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. It is used as an acclamation in Christian worship, e.g., in the SanctusSanctus
[Lat.,=holy], hymn of the Roman Catholic Mass, beginning, "Holy, holy, holy," from Isa. 6.3; Mat. 21.9. It is the solemn choral ending of the preface. In the old liturgy the second part of the hymn, called Benedictus, was sometimes sung after the elevation.
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noun a cry of praise or adoration (to God)

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