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hosanna

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Etymology

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From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā, “please save”).

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hosanna

  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.

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Noun

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hosanna (plural hosannas)

  1. A cry of ‘hosanna’.
    • 1962 February, Osbert Sitwell, “New York in the Twenties”, in The Atlantic‎[1]:
      When we arrived in New York, we found a day of extreme brilliance. It would be impossible ever to forget the first sight of the groups of slender towers that form the skyline of New York City, chanting hosannas to an autumn sky.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 24:
      Imagine God in Heaven surrounded by the choirs of adoring angels singing hosannahs unendingly.
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 23:
      The hall rang with the hosannas of the faithful, while the women knelt at his feet to ask for salvation.
    • 2024 January 5, Rick Wilson, “Bannon Banished for Telling Truths About Trump as MAGA Monsters Turn on Each Other”, in The Daily Beast‎[2]:
      I’ve written before about the inevitable, tragic dynamic of this brokeback bromance; Trump needs a mindless cheering section screaming hosannas no matter how often he stumbles toward the nuclear and political precipice.

Verb

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hosanna (third-person singular simple present hosannas, present participle hosannaing, simple past and past participle hosannaed)

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

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Noun

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hosanna m (plural hosannas)

  1. hosanna

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא/ܐܘܫܥܢܐ ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁע נָא (hōsha‘ nā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xɔˈsan.na/
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  • Rhymes: -anna
  • Syllabification: ho‧san‧na

Interjection

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hosanna

  1. (Christianity) hosanna
    Synonym: alleluja

Further reading

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  • hosanna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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