hostiya

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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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

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  • Hyphenation: hos‧ti‧ya

Noun

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hostiya

  1. a communion wafer; the sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host