See Also: Host(health)
host(3)(dictionary)
host(1)(dictionary)
host(2)(dictionary)
host(4)(dictionary)
Host(medicine)
host(5)(dictionary)
host(6)(dictionary)
Host(money)
paratenic host(medicine)

host(4) (iou)



host noun3. ME.
[Old French (h)oiste from Latin hostia sacrificial animal, victim, (in late Latin) eucharistic sacrifice. Cf. HOSTIE noun1.]
A sacrificial victim; a sacrifice, spec. with reference to Christ. ME-M17.
Ecclesiastical. The bread consecrated in the Eucharist regarded as the body of Christ sacrificially offered; a wafer before or after consecration. ME.