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hosanna
/hoʊˈzænə/
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What does hosanna mean?
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.
noun
- A cry of ‘hosanna’.
verb
- To give a cry of ‘hosanna’.
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IPA pronunciation
/hoʊˈzænə/
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/hoʊˈzɑnə/
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When the latter cry HOSANNA, the former respond, like the Fathers in the Councils, ANATHEMA.
We are equally far removed from the hosanna of Joseph de Maistre, who wound up by anointing the executioner, and from the sneer of Voltaire, who even goes so far as to ridicule the cross.
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In some of these ceremonies zeal appears to have outrun knowledge, and one of Luther's stories, at the expense of the older Church, was that certain authorities thus christened a bell "Hosanna," supposing that to be the name of a woman.