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Hosanna

Hosanna \Ho*san"na\ (h[-o]*z[a^]n"n[.a]), n.; pl. Hosannas (-n[.a]z). [Gr. ?, fr. Heb. h[=o]sh[=i]'[=a]h nn[=a]save now, save, we pray, h[=o]sh[=i]a' to save (Hiphil, a causative form, of y[=a]sha') + n[=a], a particle.] A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings. ``Hosanna to the Highest.''
--Milton.

Hosanna to the Son of David.
--Matt. xxi. 9.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hosanna

Old English osanna, via Latin and Greek from Hebrew hosha'na, probably a shortening of hoshi'ah-nna "save, we pray" (see Psalms cxviii:25), from imperative of y-sh- (compare yeshua "salvation, deliverance, welfare") + emphatic particle -na. Originally an appeal for deliverance; used in Christian Church as an ascription of praise, because when Jesus entered Jerusalem this was shouted by Galilean pilgrims in recognition of his messiahhood (Matt. xxi:9, 15, etc.).

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hosanna

interj. 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. n. A cry of ‘hosanna’.

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hosanna

n. a cry of praise or adoration (to God)

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Hosanna

Hosanna is a liturgical word in Judaism and Christianity. In Judaism, it is always used in its original Hebrew form, Hoshana.

Hosanna (disambiguation)

Hosanna is a liturgical word in Judaism and Christianity.

Hosanna may also refer to :

Liturgy and music
  • Hosanna shout, a Mormon ritual
  • Hosanna! Music, a Christian music record label
  • Hosanna: Top 10 Worship Songs, an album by VeggieTales
  • Hosianna, Davids son, an Advent song
  • Hosianna (album), an album by Lars Winnerbäck
  • Hosanna (Paul McCartney song)
  • Hosanna (A. R. Rahman song)
  • Hosanna Jesus Christ Superstar
  • Osanna, an Italian rock band
Places and jurisdictions
  • Hosanna (Ethiopia), an East African city
  • the Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna, Catholic pre-diocesan mission territory with see there
Other
  • Château Hosanna, a winery in the Bordeaux region Pomerol
  • Hosanna (play), a 1973 play by Michel Tremblay
Hosanna (play)

Hosanna is a 1973 play by French-Canadian writer Michel Tremblay.

The story takes place in Montreal, Quebec and centres on the relationship between Hosanna, a drag queen dressed as Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra, and Cuirette, an aging "stud" and homosexual biker. This play takes place in Hosanna's apartment, "somewhere in the Plaza Saint-Hubert", after she and Cuirette have returned from a Halloween party.

The play deals with several issues including gender identity, sexual identity, the ignorance and acceptance of ageing, and social expressions of homosexuality. Hosanna discusses her relationship with her mother and shows her anxieties over her knowledge of who she really is. The scholar and activist Viviane Namaste has criticized Hosanna, which ends with its protagonist identifying as a gay man after a series of humiliations, as reinforcing a patriarchal, transphobic ideology in which a "reliance on the ideas of illusion, deception, and betrayal presupposes that we as transgendered people do not know who we are. [...] It is through such a violently anti-transgendered discourse that Tremblay enables gay male subject-positions.".

The play was translated into English by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco.

Hosanna was first performed at le Théâtre de Quat'sous in Montreal, Quebec, on 10 May 1973. Hosanna was first performed in English at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, on 15 May 1974. Hosanna then appeared on Broadway in New York City at the Bijou Theatre on 14 October 1974.

Hosanna (A. R. Rahman song)

"Hosanna/Hosaanaa" is a Tamil/ Hindi song from the 2010 Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and 2012 '' Hindi film '' Ekk Deewana Tha composed by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman, sung by Vijay Prakash & Suzanne D'Mello featuring Tamil lyrics by Thamarai, and the rap portion in all versions by Blaaze. The song features additional vocals by Vivek Agarwal, Dr. Narayan, V. V. Prasanna and Haricharan Sesh and chorus by K. M. Music Conservatory. In the 2012 Hindi remake of the film, Ekk Deewana Tha the song was written by Javed Akhtar sung by Leon D'Souza & Maria Roe Vincent and the interlude Hosanna humming by Suzanne D'Mello. The song became very popular in all versions and was #1 in the year end music charts of 2010.

Hosanna (Ethiopia)
''See Hosanna (disambiguation) for namesakes

Hosanna is a city in Ethiopia, East Africa.

Its St. Joseph cathedral is the episcopal see of the Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate of Hosanna.

Usage examples of "hosanna".

This is the story of how he came to be summoned back from Hosanna, the World of the Great and Glorious Flame of the Divine Life, and was joined with Sandor Sandor and Benedick Benedict in the hunt for Victor Corgo, the man without a heart.

Amens, hallelujahs and hosannas rose from all, throughout the expectant congregation.

The congregation by now was really getting into the spirit of things and hosannas were being called out on all sides, accompanied by amens, huzzahs, and much rending and tearing of clothes.

No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of Angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy, Heaven rung With jubilee, and loud Hosannas filled The eternal regions: Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold.

They had lined the road with palm fronds for Joshua’s entrance to the city, and they were cheering and singing hosannas all afternoon in anticipation of his triumphant entrance, but as the afternoon wore into evening, and no colt showed, the crowd gradually dispersed as everybody got hungry and went into the city to find something to eat.

They had lined the road with palm fronds for Joshua's entrance to the city, and they were cheering and singing hosannas all afternoon in anticipation of his triumphant entrance, but as the afternoon wore into evening, and no colt showed, the crowd gradually dispersed as everybody got hungry and went into the city to find something to eat.

Instead he kept his silence and picked his way over the stones and corpses, his head down, The hosannas followed him, but he didn't once acknowledge them, knowing even as he went that his reluctance might seem like divine humility, but unable to escape the trap circumstance had set.

Even General Johnston has written to me from Dalton, singing hosannas in their praise.