Definition for HO-SAN'NA

HO-SAN'NA, n. [s as z. Heb. save, I beseech you.]

An exclamation of praise to God, or an invocation of blessings. In the Hebrew ceremonies, it was a prayer rehearsed on the several days of the feast of tabernacles, in which this word was often repeated. Encyc.

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