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English Dictionary: Hosanna by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hosanna
n
  1. a cry of praise or adoration (to God)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hosanna \Ho*san"na\ (h[osl]*z[acr]n"n[adot]), n.; pl. {Hosannas}
      (-n[adot]z). [Gr. [?], fr. Heb. h[d3]sh[c6]'[be]h nn[be]save
      now, save, we pray, h[d3]sh[c6]a' to save (Hiphil, a
      causative form, of y[be]sha') + n[be], a particle.]
      A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation
      of blessings. [bd]Hosanna to the Highest.[b8] --Milton.
  
               Hosanna to the Son of David.                  --Matt. xxi.
                                                                              9.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Hosanna
      Save now! or Save, we beseech, (Matt. 21:9). This was a
      customary form of acclamation at the feast of Tabernacles.
      (Comp. Ps. 118:25.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Hosanna, save I pray thee; keep; preserve
  
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