hosanna
(an exclamation, originally an appeal to God for deliverance, used in praise of God or Christ.)
to praise, applaud, etc.: The critics hosannaed his new play.
Origin of hosanna
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Does that case, hosanna-Tabor, cover English teachers as well as Bible ones?
Catholic Church: Religious Freedom Trumps Civil Rights | Jay Michaelson | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLamonica was the pastor of hosanna Church right before it closed two years before in 2003.
The Satanic Child Sex Abuse Case That May Have Inspired ‘True Detective’ | Steven Ward | March 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOry recalled the hosanna Church scandal as “very stressful.”
The Satanic Child Sex Abuse Case That May Have Inspired ‘True Detective’ | Steven Ward | March 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is not at all unlikely that some of the same people who followed the multitude in shouting "hosanna to the Son of David!"
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of Matthew | John Monro GibsonAnd you shall declare it with a loud voice, saying, hosanna, blessed be the name of the most high God.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Joseph Smith
Constantine promises to raise the cross on the forum in Rome; the victory is won and celebrated with Christian hymns, hosanna!
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock ThayerHe was made to enter the city again in deepest humiliation, no longer with excited followers shouting 'hosanna!'
A Book of Quaker Saints | Lucy Violet HodgkinShe had no sympathy with his theology, which, with its mingled sob and hosanna, stirred the hearts of oppressed peoples.
A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) | Thomas M. Lindsay
British Dictionary definitions for hosanna
/ (həʊˈzænə) /
an exclamation of praise, esp one to God
the act of crying "hosanna"
Origin of hosanna
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