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Webster 1913 Edition
Hosanna
Ho-san′na
(hō̍-zăn′nȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
Hosannas
(-nȧz)
. [Gr. [GREEK], fr. Heb.
hōshī’āh nnā
save now, save, we pray, hōshīa'
to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of yāsha'
) + nā
, a particle.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hosanna
HOSAN'NA
,Noun.
An exclamation of praise to God, or an invocation of blessings. In the Hebrew ceremonies, it was a prayer rehearsed on the several days of the feast of tabernacles,in which this word was often repeated.
Definition 2024
hosanna
hosanna
English
Alternative forms
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.
Translations
liturgical word
Noun
hosanna (plural hosannas)
- A cry of ‘hosanna’.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 23:
- The hall rang with the hosannas of the faithful, while the women knelt at his feet to ask for salvation.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 23:
Verb
hosanna (third-person singular simple present hosannas, present participle hosannaing, simple past and past participle hosannaed)
- (intransitive) To give a cry of ‘hosanna’.