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hostie

/ˈhəʊsti/

hostie noun: the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.

Noun (1)

hostie (plural hosties)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.
    • This Hostie* is carryed about the streets in procession : and really it is very fine to see the solemnity.1694 August 9, James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, Letter XII, in 1845, William Jerdan (editor), Letters from James, Earl of Perth, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, &c, to His Sister, Countess of Erroll...
    • But he went to another Prieſt, that lived in the Court, who gave him the pix with an hoſtie in it.1725, Gilbert Burnet, The History of the Reign of King Charles II: Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, page 1011

Noun (2)

hostie (plural hosties)

  1. (Australia, informal) 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.'1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 152
    • If the alarm goes off, the hostie stops and looks for the likely suspect or asks all the people in the nearest seats who has an electronic device and tells whoever it is to turn the device off. The hostie doesn't have to decide if some smartarse who wants to listen on a scanner is trying to...2003 June 21, smithxpj, “radios aboard aircraft - new rules”, in aus.radio.amateur.misc (Usenet)

hostie meaning in Malayalam

hostie in Malayalam

hostie, host; sacramental wafer
ഓസ്തി ōsti

Examples of hostie in a sentence

  • If the alarm goes off, the hostie stops and looks for the likely suspect or asks all the people in the nearest seats who has an electronic device and tells whoever it is to turn the device off.2003 June 21, smithxpj, “radios aboard aircraft - new rules”, in aus.radio.amateur.misc (Usenet):
  • 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.’2003, Frances Whiting, Oh to Be a Marching Girl, Pan Macmillan Australia, page 25:

Forms of hostie

pluralhosties

Origin of hostie

Borrowed from Middle French hostie, from Latin hostia.

From hostess + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Words that rhyme with hostie

Questions about hostie

What does hostie mean?
Hostie means the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.
What is hostie in Malayalam?
Hostie in Malayalam is ഓസ്തി (ōsti). See Hostie meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use hostie in a sentence?
If the alarm goes off, the hostie stops and looks for the likely suspect or asks all the people in the nearest seats who has an electronic device and tells whoever it is to turn the device off.
What part of speech is hostie?
Hostie is a noun.
How do you pronounce hostie?
Hostie is pronounced /ˈhəʊsti/.
What is the plural of hostie?
The plural of hostie is hosties.

Words near hostie in the dictionary

  1. Hostetter
  2. Hostetters
  3. Hostettler
  4. Hostettlers
  5. hosticide
  6. hostie
  7. hosties
  8. hostile
  9. hostile architecture
  10. hostile environment
  11. hostile possession

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hostie (page history and authors); ഓസ്തി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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