hosanna

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /hoʊˈzænə/, /hoʊˈzɑnə/

Interjection

1. 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

• French: hosanna
• German: hosanna, hosianna
• Italian: osanna
• Portuguese: hosana
• Russian: оса́нна
• Spanish: hosanna

Noun

hosanna (plural hosannas)

1. 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.

Verb

hosanna (hosannas, present participle hosannaing; past and past participle hosannaed)

1. (intransitive) To give a cry of ‘hosanna’.

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