host

Speech parts

1. host - Noun

2. host - Verb

Meaning

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.

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In the measure that love for the flesh prevails in you, you can never become brave and dauntless, on account of the host of adversaries that constantly surround the object of your love. Isaac the Syrian

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die. Gore Vidal

One more drink and I'd have been under the host. Dorothy Parker

Education is a guest, intelligence is the host. Sokhumi Proverb

A guest sees more in an hour than the host sees in a year. Polish Proverb

The guest is always the prisoner of the host. Rwandan Proverb

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