host
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8.8
- noun
- /hoʊst/
:
hostia
- If this grain serves for the communion host, my flesh becomes the flesh of Christ.
- consecrated host
- desecration of the host
- consecrate the host
Examples
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During the ceremony, the priest raised the host before the congregation to bless it.
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I am curtsying to the Host, my Lady.
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Look man, this thing says that we need a consecrated host.
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I wanted communion, Mommy, Father wouldn't give me the host!
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Priests elevate the holy host and carry it in procession to the parish church of St. Michael.
Academic text (2005) -
As corpus verum, the Eucharistic host became an object of reverence, rather than the center of a communal performance.
Academic text (2001) -
Nevertheless, when Angela pronounces the words, "Body of Christ," and offers the host to Mrs. Wetzel, she flatly refuses it.
Fiction book (1997) -
After the service, each person received a small host as part of Holy Communion.
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The church provided a consecrated host for the Eucharist to symbolize the body of Christ.
Synonyms
8
5.5
A thin flat piece of bread used in Christian communion
Idioms
- Informal
1
7.4
A person who is very good at having parties and making guests feel welcome
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.4
A living thing that a parasite uses for part of its life before moving to its final animal or person
- Specialized
A living thing in which a parasite reproduces sexually to complete its life cycle
Surface Forms
Etymology
Host meaning the bread used in Communion comes from Latin hostia, which meant 'offering' or 'sacrificial victim'. In church language the word came to mean the consecrated wafer used in the ceremony.