Definition of Hosanna

1. Noun. A cry of praise or adoration (to God).

Generic synonyms: Call, Cry, Outcry, Shout, Vociferation, Yell

Definition of Hosanna

1. n. A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings.

Definition of Hosanna

1. Interjection. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A cry of ‘hosanna’. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hosanna

1. to praise [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: praise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hosanna

horticultors
horticultural
horticulturalist
horticulturalists
horticulturally
horticulture
horticultures
horticulturist
horticulturists
hortulan
hortus siccus
hortyard
hortyards
hos
hosana
hosanna (current term)
hosannaed
hosannah
hosannahing
hosannahings
hosannahs
hosannaing
hosannas
hosaphone
hosaphones
hose
hose barb
hose clamp
hose clamps
hose down

Literary usage of Hosanna

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hymnal: According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the by Episcopal Church (1888)
"hosanna to the living Lord! hosanna to the incarnate Word ! To Christ, Creator, Saviour, ... hosanna in the highest! 3 O Saviour, with protecting care, ..."

2. The Book of Praise from the Best English Hymn-writers by Roundell Palmer Selborne (1870)
"1759 hosanna to the Living Lord ! hosanna to the Incarnate Word ! ... hosanna in the highest! O Saviour, with protecting care Return to this Thy house of ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1860)
"25, 26, which begins with the word hosanna, while the people carried green boughs of ... From this circumstance the boughs and prayers were called hosanna, ..."

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