Hosanna
//hoʊˈzænə// intj, noun, verb
intj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cry of ‘hosanna’.
"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."
- 2 a cry of praise or adoration (to God) wordnet
Verb
- 1 To give a cry of ‘hosanna’. intransitive
Intj
- 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.
Example
More examples"It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt."
Etymology
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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