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hostie

noun
/ˈhəʊsti/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French hostie, from Latin hostia.

  1. derived from hostia
  2. borrowed from hostie

Definitions

  1. the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.

    • But he went to another Prieſt, that lived in the Court, who gave him the pix with an hoſtie in it.

  2. An air hostess.

    • A lovely hostie approached my seat, `Mr. Vautin, just looking at you makes me think we might need a forklift to get you off the plane.'
    • Emma, who is still 2.5 cm under the required hostie height and therefore may never realise her dream, said of her ordeal, ‘I was scared, but I did it for my career.’

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA