hosanna
exclamation /həʊˈzænə/
/həʊˈzænə/
(also hosannah)
- used in worship to express praise, joy and love for God, especially in the Christian and Jewish religionsWord OriginOld English, via late Latin from Greek hōsanna, from Rabbinical Hebrew hōša‘nā, abbreviation of biblical hōšī‘ā-nnā ‘save, we pray’ (Ps. 118:25).