| 1. consecrated bread used during Communion (Christianity). one who receives guests; living creature on which a parasite lives; large number, multitude (of people or things); computer which acts as a server for other computers. act as master of ceremonies; receive guests into one's home; throw a party. hosthost, n. (biol.) any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.host host, n. [oe. host, ost, of. hoste, oste, f. hÃ'te, from l. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to e. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to skr. pati master, lord. see: host an army, possible, and cf. hospitable, hotel.] one who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. fair host and earl. time is like a fashionable host, that slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.host host (hōst), n. [ll. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.] (r. c. ch.) the consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of christ, which in the mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.note: in the latin vulgate the word was applied to the savior as being an offering for the sins of men.host host, n. [oe. host, ost, of. host, ost, fr. l. hostis enemy, ll., army. see: guest, and cf. host a landlord.] |
