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Exclamation of praise from woman holding up book (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hosanna

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'exclamation of praise' is the definition.
'hosanna' can be an answer for 'praise' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'exclamation of' bit.

'woman holding up book' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'anna' ().
'holding up' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go underneath or hold up others).
'book' becomes 'hos' (abbreviation for Book of Hosea).
'anna' after 'hos' is 'HOSANNA'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hosanna that I've seen before include "Shout of praise" , "exclamation of joy" , "Shout of acclamation" , "shout in adoration" , "Exclamation of praise to God, from Hebrew" .)

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