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Hosanna , the cry of praise or adoration shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem ( Matt. xxi. 9, 5; Mark xi. 9 sq.; John xii. 13), and since used in the Christian Church . It is also a Jewish liturgical term, and was applied specifically to the hosanna branches carried in procession in the Feast of Booths or Tabernacles, the seventh day of which was called the Hosanna-day (so also in Syrian usage; cf. This festival (for which see Lev. xxiii. 39 sqq.; 2 Macc. x. 7; Jos. Ant. xii. 10. 4, Xiii. 13. 155 and the Talmudic tractate Sukkah ) already suggested a Dionysiac celebration to Plutarch ( Symp. iv. 6), and was associated with a ceremonial drawing of water which, it was believed, secured fertilizing rains in the following year; the penalty for abstinence was drought (ci. The evidence (see further Ency. The old interpretation "save, now!" which may be a popular etymology, is based on Ps. cxviii. 25 ( Heb. hOshVah-nna ), but this does not explain the occurrence of the word in the Gospels, a complicated problem, on which see the articles of JH Thayer in Hastings's Dict. Bib. , and more especially TK Cheyne , Ency. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. Cambridge University Press. : Missing or empty |title= ( help )1
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Look up hosanna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Hosanna is a liturgical word in Judaism and Christianity .In Judaism, it is always used in its original Hebrew form, Hoshana .
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Hosanna ( / h oʊ ˈ z æ n ə / ) is a liturgical word in Judaism and Christianity . In Judaism, it is always used in its original Hebrew form, Hoshana .
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Hosanna ( / h oʊ ˈ z æ n ə / ) is a liturgical word in Judaism and Christianity . In Judaism, it is always used in its original Hebrew form, הושענא Hoshana .
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Liturgical word in Judaism and Christianity For other uses, see Hosanna (disambiguation) . Hosanna ( / h oʊ ˈ z æ n ə / ) is a liturgical word in Judaism and Christianity . In Judaism it refers to a cry expressing an appeal for divine help.In Christianity it is used as a cry of praise.
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called the hosanna-day
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aramaic appeal for god’s help
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