different between hosannah vs hosanna

English

Noun

hosannah (plural hosannahs)

1. Alternative spelling of hosanna

Verb

hosannah (third-person singular simple present hosannahs, present participle hosannahing, simple past and past participle hosannahed)

1. Alternative spelling of hosanna
   • 1907-09, Mark Twain, "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven"

     when they were singing or hosannahing, the noise was wonderful

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’.