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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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Host. A sacrificial victim, and so the consecrated Bread in the Eucharist, regarded as the Sacrifice of the Body of Christ.

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