hostie — meaning in English

English meaning

• host noun A person who welcomes and entertains guests, or who runs an event.
• species noun A group of living things that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring; the basic unit of biological classification.

Senses

hostie is used for these senses in English:

• host (Christianity) The consecrated bread of the Eucharist.
• species (Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.

host — full definition

1. noun A person who welcomes and entertains guests, or who runs an event.
2. noun A person who presents a show or broadcast.
3. noun A computer connected to a network.
4. noun An organism that another organism, especially a parasite, lives on or in.
5. noun A large number of people or things.

species — full definition

1. noun A group of living things that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring; the basic unit of biological classification.
2. noun A distinct type or kind of something more generally.

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