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a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"

the owner or manager of an inn

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor

a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event; "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"

the owner or manager of an inn

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor

The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

An army; a number of men gathered for war.

Any great number or multitude; a throng.

One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.

To give entertainment to.

To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.

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.

The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

An army; a number of men gathered for war.

Any great number or multitude; a throng.

One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.

To give entertainment to.

To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.

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.

A crowd; multitude; army; one who entertains another in public or private; a landlord of a hotel or inn.-Host, the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, in the Greek, Roman Catholic, and Lutheran Churches.

The organism at the expense of which a parasite lives.

Any substance which parasites infest and eat away.

One who entertains a stranger or guest at his house without reward: an innkeeper:-fem. HOSTESS.

In the R. Cath. Church, the consecrated bread of the Eucharist, in which Christ is offered.

an army; multitude; consecrated wafer in the mass.

Hostess.

One who entertains a guest.

A multitude; an army.

One who entertains guests.

In some churches, the consecrated wafer used at the Lord's Supper.

One who entertains another; a landlord.

A number of men embodied for war; a large number.

In the Rom. Cath. Church, the consecrated bread of the encharist, transubstantiated into Christ's body, and offered in sacrifice.

One who entertains a friend or stranger at his own house; the landlord of an inn.

An army; any great number or multitude.

In the R. Cath. Ch., the consecrated wafer-called by that Church, when used, the sacrifice of the mass.

Any organism in which another organism spends a part or the whole of its existence, and derives some of its nourishment therefrom.

Any animal or plant which supports a parasite.

An organism on or in which another lives as a parasite. [Lat.]

n. [French, Latin] One from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord;—an innkeeper.

n. [Latin] An army;—any great number or multitude.

n. [Latin] The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in mass is offered as a sacrifice in the Roman Catholic Church.

One who gives entertainment to another; the landlord of an inn; an army, numbers assembled for war; any great number; the sacrifice of the mass in the Romish church.