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ho⋅san⋅na

  [hoh-zan-uh] interjection, noun, plural -nas, verb, -naed, -na⋅ing.
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–interjection
1. (an exclamation, originally an appeal to God for deliverance, used in praise of God or Christ.)
–noun
2. a cry of “hosanna.”
3. a shout of praise or adoration; an acclamation.
–verb (used with object)
4. to praise, applaud, etc.: The critics hosannaed his new play.
Origin:
< LL (h)ōsanna < Gk ōsanná < Heb hōsh(i) ʿāh nnā save, we pray; r. ME, OE osanna < LL, as above
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ho·san·na also ho·san·nah   (hō-zān'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 singular of hôšîa', to save; see wṯʕ in Semitic roots + -nā', injunctive particle.]
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Word Origin & History

hosanna 
O.E. osanna, from Heb. hosha'na, probably a shortening of hoshi'ah-nna "save, we pray" (cf. Psalms cxviii.25), from imper. of y-sh- (cf. yeshua "salvation, deliverance, welfare") + emphatic particle -na. Originally an appeal for deliverance; used in Christian Church as an ascription of praise, because when Jesus entered Jerusalem this was shouted by Galilean pilgrims in recognition of his messiahhood (Matt. xxi.9, 15, etc.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Hosanna

Save now! or Save, we beseech, (Matt. 21:9). This was a customary form of acclamation at the feast of Tabernacles. (Comp. Ps. 118:25.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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