different between alleluia vs hosanna

English

Etymology

From Latin all?l?ia, from Hebrew ????????????? (“Praise Jah!”).

Interjection

alleluia

1. A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah.

Noun

alleluia (plural alleluias)

1. A liturgical form of hallelujah.
2. (music) A choral composition incorporating alleluia in its text.
3. The plant wood sorrel.

Translations

Verb

alleluia (third-person singular simple present alleluias, present participle alleluiaing, simple past and past participle alleluiaed)

1. Alternative spelling of hallelujah

Italian

Etymology

From Latin all?l?ia, from Hebrew ????????????? (“Praise Jah!”).

Noun

alleluia m (invariable)

1. hallelujah

Related terms

• alleluiare
• alleluiatico

English

Alternative forms

• hosana
• hosannah
• hoshanna
• hoshiana

Etymology

From Latin osanna, hosanna, from Ancient Greek ?????? (h?sanná), from Aramaic ???????/??????? ('?sha‘n?), from Biblical Hebrew ??????????? (h?sha‘n?, “please save”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho??zæn?/, /ho??z?n?/
• Rhymes: -æn?

Interjection

hosanna

1. 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.

Translations

Noun

hosanna (plural hosannas)

1. A cry of ‘hosanna’.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 23:

     The hall rang with the hosannas of the faithful, while the women knelt at his feet to ask for salvation.

Verb

hosanna (third-person singular simple present hosannas, present participle hosannaing, simple past and past participle hosannaed)

1. (intransitive) To give a cry of ‘hosanna’.