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