HOSANNA

(also ~h )

■ noun & exclamation (especially in biblical use) a cry of praise or joy.

Origin

OE, via late L. from Gk hōsanna , from Rabbinical Heb. hōša῾nā , abbrev. of biblical hōšī῾ā-nnā 'save, we pray' (Ps. 118:25).