la
feminine
/ˈostja/
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Translation
communion wafer, host
Word origin
From Latin hostia ('sacrificial victim, offering'). The same root underlies the English word 'host' in its Eucharistic sense.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- hostia
- English cognates
- host
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralhostias
Examples
sacerdote reparte .
The priest distributes the communion wafer during Mass.
harina trigo levadura.
The host is made with unleavened wheat flour.
fieles comunión.
The faithful receive the host at communion.
¿ consagra ?
Do you know at what moment the host is consecrated?
bendecía .
The child kept quiet while the priest blessed the host.
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