Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
host .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The consecrated wafer; the host.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Australia, informal An
air hostess . - noun obsolete, Catholicism the
consecrated bread orwafer of theEucharist ,host .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The "hostie" could not provide him with a special non-red-meat meal, apparently, so he reportedly spat out the prime ministerial dummy and reduced her to tears.
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The "hostie" could not provide him with a special non-red-meat meal, apparently, so he reportedly spat out the prime ministerial dummy and reduced her to tears.
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Quebec joke: "Il ne fait pas froid au Québec, y fa frette en hostie!"
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Vit aussi vn grand homme noir à l'opposite de celuy de la cheminée, qui regardoit dans vn liure, dont les feuillets estoient noirs & bleuds, & marmotoit entre ses dents sans entendre ce qu'il disoit, leuoit vne hostie noire, puis vn calice de meschant estain tout crasseux.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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Guibourg l'égorgea, versa dans le calice, et consacra le sang avec hostie '.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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Then the priest wipeth first these three fingers on the corporal, to the intent that the more cleanly he may take the precious hostie.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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The fourth miracle is that, when the hostie is parted, God is in each part entirely.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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The third thing may be that the third part of the hostie signifieth the creatures that are in this world, as said is.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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Sire, with heart we pray that of the same this oblation be made and consecrate, approved and confirmed in a hostie right reasonable, and in sacrifice acceptable, so that this bread be transferred into thy body, and this wine translated into the blood of thy right dear Son that for us suffered great torment.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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And after, the priest taketh the precious body of our Lord Jesu Christ and parteth it over the chalice, and this may to us be signified that our Lord parted himself to his disciples upon Sherethursday as before is said, and is that holy hostie parted in three, which three parts may betoken three manners of folk.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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