hosanna

[ hoh-zan-uh ]

/ hoʊˈzæn ə /

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interjection

(an exclamation, originally an appeal to God for deliverance, used in praise of God or Christ.)

noun, plural ho·san·nas.

a cry of “hosanna.”

a shout of praise or adoration; an acclamation.

verb (used with object), ho·san·naed, ho·san·na·ing.

to praise, applaud, etc.: The critics hosannaed his new play.

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Origin of hosanna

First recorded before 1000; from Late Latin (h)ōsanna, from Greek (h)ōsanná, from Hebrew hōshʿā-nā, shortening of hōsh(i) ʿāh nnā “save, we pray”; replacing Middle English, Old English osanna, from Late Latin, as above

Words nearby hosanna

Horton, hortus siccus, hor. un. spatio, Horus, Hos., hosanna, hose, Hosea, hosecock, hosel, hoser

How to use hosanna in a sentence

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|DAILY BEAST
Lamonica 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|DAILY BEAST
Ory 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|DAILY BEAST
It 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 Gibson

And 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 Thayer
He was made to enter the city again in deepest humiliation, no longer with excited followers shouting 'Hosanna!'
A Book of Quaker Saints|Lucy Violet Hodgkin
She 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

hosanna

/ (həʊˈzænə) /

interjection

an exclamation of praise, esp one to God

noun

the act of crying "hosanna"

Word Origin for hosanna

Old English osanna, via Late Latin from Greek, from Hebrew hōshi `āh nnā save now, we pray

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