hosanna
English
Etymology
From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ὡσαννά (hōsanná), from Aramaic אושענא ('ōsha‘nā), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשַׁענָא (hōsha‘nā, “please save”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoʊˈzænə/
- Rhymes: -ænə
Interjection
hosanna
Translations
liturgical word
Noun
hosanna (plural hosannas)
- 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.
- 2019 January 5, Rick Wilson, “Bannon Banished for Telling Truths About Trump as MAGA Monsters Turn on Each Other”, in The Daily Beast:
- 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.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 23:
Verb
hosanna (third-person singular simple present hosannas, present participle hosannaing, simple past and past participle hosannaed)
- (intransitive) To give a cry of ‘hosanna’.
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