The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration. (R. C. Ch.)
Host
n.
An army; a number of men gathered for war.
A host so great as covered all the field.
Any great number or multitude; a throng.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God.
All at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils.
Host
n.
One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.
Time is like a fashionable host,
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
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. (Biol.)
Host
v. t.
To give entertainment to. [Obs.]
Host
v. i.
To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.]