hostiya
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Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish hostia, from Latin hostia (“victim, sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”) in its root sense of "enemy, stranger," whence also Proto-Germanic *gastiz and Proto-Slavic *gostь.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: hos‧ti‧ya
Noun
[edit]hostiya
- a communion wafer; the sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host