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Hosanna
(Gk., from Heb.,
hoshana
, ‘save, we beseech you’). An acclamation used in Christian worship from an early time (
Didache
10. 6).
hoshana
, ‘save, we beseech you’). An acclamation used in Christian worship from an early time (
Didache
10. 6).
Hosea
.
.
First of the twelve books known as the minor
prophets
in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. Hosea was almost certainly produced in the Northern Kingdom of
Israel
and, after the destruction of Israel in 721, subject to redaction in
Judah
.
prophets
in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. Hosea was almost certainly produced in the Northern Kingdom of
Israel
and, after the destruction of Israel in 721, subject to redaction in
Judah
.
Hoshana Rabba
(Heb., ‘the great hoshana’). The seventh and last day of the festival of Sukkot. Special willow branches (known as ‘hoshanot’) are cut for the festival and beaten on the ground, and Hoshana Rabba is described in the
Talmud
as the ‘Day of the Willow’.
Talmud
as the ‘Day of the Willow’.
Ho shang
(Chin. transliteration, possibly from Turk.,
Udin
, language of Khotan, or the Kashgarian dialect,
Hwa Shie
, of the Skt.,
upadhy
ya
, ‘self-taught teacher’, or
upasaka
‘the tutor of Rahula’: Ho, ‘Harmony or Peace’, + Shang, ‘in charge of or ascend’). Any religious figure; or a reverent form used for an
abbot
,
fang-chang
, or
bhik
u
in charge of a
sa
gha
.
Udin
, language of Khotan, or the Kashgarian dialect,
Hwa Shie
, of the Skt.,
upadhy
ya, ‘self-taught teacher’, or
upasaka
‘the tutor of Rahula’: Ho, ‘Harmony or Peace’, + Shang, ‘in charge of or ascend’). Any religious figure; or a reverent form used for an
abbot
,
fang-chang
, or
bhik
uin charge of a
sa
gha.
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