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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Host [Lat.,=sacrificial victim], in Roman Catholic practice, consecrated wafer of the Eucharist . The bread used is pure white and unleavened, baked in small disks. The Hosts not consumed at Mass are set aside especially for the viaticum, for the sick, and for adoration, as at benediction .

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