(n.) A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings.
Example Sentences:
(1) Michael Cohen : 'Even a passable performance was going to earn Romney hosannas' michael cohen Photograph: Guardian Wednesday's debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama can be summed up by one moment.
(2) Reporters are desperate for the race to tighten and with expectations for Romney as low as can be imagined, even a passable performance was going to earn him hosannas.
(3) Shepherds and wise men gather round to adore the strikingly handsome newborn JULIAN ASSANGE while angels sing hosannas," and got ever more appreciative from there.
(4) You sense that, on some level, he's been frantically back-pedalling ever since, though the stream of critical hosannas and $386m worldwide box office for what was the 11th Star Trek feature film deflected a large chunk of the scorn.