Vocabulary : Hospitium to Hostess-ship
Hospitium : An inn; a lodging; a hospice. ;; An inn of court.Hospodar : A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.
Host : The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration. ;; An army; a number of men gathered for war. ;; Any great number or multitude; a throng. ;; One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. ;; To give entertainment to. ;; To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. ;; Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.
Host plant : A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are used for nurse crops.
Hostage : A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
