hostien.1
/ˈhɒsti/ Obsolete or archaic.
1. = host n.4 1.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun]
ofleteeOE
almousOE
houselOE
yieldOE
lakeOE
offeringOE
offeranda1225
sacrificea1300
hosta1340
sacrifyingc1374
mannaa1382
incense1382
oblationc1425
hostie1483
obleya1500
sacrificy?c1510
immolation1534
offerture1537
offrage1548
mactation1563
offertory1596
sacrificing1601
litation1623
elibation1656
sacrification1694
sacrificature1779
society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [noun] > one who or that which undergoes
offeringOE
offering-lakec1175
offeranda1225
sacrificec1250
hosta1340
presenta1400
hostie1483
victim1497
obleya1500
offer1548
offrage1548
oblation1561
human sacrifice1569
anathema1573
victimate1583
immolation1586
deodatea1600
vict1639
anatheme1655
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 57 b/1 Moyses saide we shal take with us suche hostyes & sacrefyses as we shal offre.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) ix. xxvii. 363 The feest..was worshypped wyth spyrytuell hostyes [Bodl. MS. hoistes] and offrynges.
1678 R. Fleming Script. Truth Confirmed v. 133 There is no necessity to offer daily Hosties for the Sins of the People.
2. = host n.4 2.
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society > faith > artefacts > consumables > eucharistic elements > bread > [noun]
fleshc1000
ofleteOE
mannaa1200
breada1225
bread of lifea1300
host1303
bodya1325
obleya1325
God's bodya1387
cakec1390
singing bread1432
bread of wheata1450
singing loaf1530
God's bread1535
bread god?1548
round robin?1548
holy bread1552
singing cake1553
Jack-in-the-box1554
wafer-cake?1554
wafer1559
wafer-bread1565
breaden god1570
mass cake1579
wafer-god1623
hostel1624
maker1635
hostie1641
oblata1721
altar bread1839
prosphora1874
1641 R. Baillie Parallel Compar. Liturgie with Masse-bk. v. 51 The Papists injoyne all the relickes of the Hostie and wine..to be gathered together.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1766) I. 11 Some of his seamen went ashore and met the Hostie carried about.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. i. 350 Saint-Just,..‘carries his head as if it were a Saint-Sacrement’, adorable Hostie, or divine Real-Presence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
hostien.2
/ˈhəʊsti/, U.S. /ˈhoʊsti/, Australian English /ˈhoʊsti/, New Zealand English /ˈhʌusti/ Australian and New Zealand slang.
An air hostess.
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society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > crew of aircraft or spacecraft > aircraft cabin crew > members of
air steward1922
air hostess1931
steward1931
stewardess1931
airline stewardess1933
air stewardess1936
hostess1936
airline steward1937
flight attendant1947
hostie1960
1960 ‘N. Culotta’ Cop this Lot 27 ‘That hostie's a slashin' line,’ Dennis said.
1973 A. Broinowski Take One Ambassador iii. 34 Somewhere between Manila and Hong Kong..the hostie lent him her copy of Naked Lunch.
1981 Sydney Morning Herald 28 Apr. 1/2 The hosties..are not concerned about Qantas picking up passengers here and there.
1989 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 22 Oct. 49/1 Ansett's raging hosties may be grounded by the sky cowboys dispute, but they certainly know how to fly high when it comes to having a good time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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