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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 801 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOST . (I) (Through the O. Fr. oste or See also:

hoste, See also:modern hole, from See also:Lat. hospes, a See also:guest or host; hospes being probably from an See also:original hostipes, one who feeds a stranger or enemy, from hostis and the See also:root of pascere), one who receives another into his See also:house and provides him with lodging and entertainment, especially one who does this in return for See also:payment. The word is thus transferred, in See also:biology, to an See also:animal or plant upon which a See also:parasite lives. (2) (From Lat. hostis, a stranger or enemy; in .Med. Latin a military expedition), a very large gathering of men, armed for See also:war, an See also:army, and so used generally of any multitude. In biblical use the word is applied to the See also:company of angels in See also:heaven; or to the See also:sun, See also:moon and stars, the " hosts of heaven," and also to translate " See also:Jehovah Sabaoth," the See also:Lord See also:God of hosts, the lord of the armies of See also:Israel or of the hosts of heaven. (3) (From Lat. hostia, a victim or See also:sacrifice), the sacrifice of See also:Christ's See also:body and See also:blood in the See also:Eucharist, more particularly the consecrated See also:wafer used in the service of the See also:mass in the See also:Roman See also:Church (see EUCHARIST).

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