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Hosannas

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.

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hosannas

n. (plural of hosanna English)

Usage examples of "hosannas".

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.