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hostie¹

  • /ˈhəʊsti/

Rhymes with -əʊsti

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French hostie, from Latin hostia.

noun hosties

  1. Scotland, obsolete the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host. 1694 August 9, James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, Letter XII, in 1845, William Jerdan (editor), Letters from James, Earl of Perth, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, &c, to His Sister, Countess of Erroll, and Other Members of His Family, page 40, This Hostie* is carryed about the streets in procession : a

hostie²

noun hosties

  1. Australia, informal An air hostess. A lovely hostie approached my seat, `Mr. Vautin, just looking at you makes me think we might need a forklift to get you off the plane.'

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"hostie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hostie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

hostie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hostie

Chicago

"hostie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hostie.

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@misc{hostie_2026,
  title = {hostie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hostie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}