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Definition of hosanna exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hosanna

exclamation
 
/həʊˈzænə/
 
/həʊˈzænə/
(also hosannah)
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  1. used in worship to express praise, joy and love for God, especially in the Christian and Jewish religions
    Word OriginOld English, via late Latin from Greek hōsanna, from Rabbinical Hebrew hōša‘nā, abbreviation of biblical hōšī‘ā-nnā ‘save, we pray’ (Ps. 118:25).
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