HOSANNA
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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, 15; Mark xi. 9 sq.; John xii. 13), and since used in the Christian Church See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
. 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. " Palm " Sunday). This festival (for which see Lev. xxiii. 39 sqq.; 2 Mace. x. 7; Jos. Ant. xii. to. 4, xiii. 13. 15; 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 (cf. Zech. xiv. 16 seq.). The evidence (see further Ency. Bib. cols. 3354. 488o seq.; I. Levy, Rev. des Et. juives, 1901, pp. 192 sqq.) points to rites of nature-worship , and it is possible that in these the term Hosanna had some other application.
The old interpretation " save, now ! " which may be a popular etymology, is based on Ps. cxviii. 25 (Heb. hoshi ah-nna), but this does not explain the occurrence of the word in the Gospels, a complicated problem, on which see the articles of J. H. Thayer in Hastings's Diet. Bib., and more especially T. K. Cheyne See Also: - CHEYNE,
THOMAS See Also: - THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS,
ISAIAH (1749-1831) - THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
KELLY (1841— ) , Ency. Bib. s.v.
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