ostiya

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish hostia, from Latin hostia (“victim, sacrifice”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“guest, stranger”) in its root sense of "enemy, stranger," whence also Proto-Germanic *gastiz and Proto-Slavic *gostь.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: os‧ti‧ya

Noun

ostiya

  1. Communion wafer; the sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host.
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