Latin search results for: hostia

#1

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. sacrificial offering/animal
  2. victim, sacrifice
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. vessel for hosts (consecrated bread/wafers)
  • Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)