Host

host, n. in the R. Calh Church, the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, in which Christ is offered {L. host in a victim hostio, to strike.] Hostage, hos'taj, n one remaining with the enemy as a pledge for the fulfilment of the conditions of a treaty. (O Fi. hostage, Fr fit a$e —Low L. obsulaticus - obses, obsidi a hostage Hostel, hos'tel. Hostelry, hos’tel-n, an inn fO Fr. hostel hostcllerir. See Hotel Hostile, hos'til, ad/, belonging to an enemy: shewing enmity warlike: adverse adv Hos tilely [L. hoslilts—host is.] Hostility, hos-til'it-i, u. enmity.—pi. Hostilities, acts of warfare.