HOST.

An entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary (Luke 10:35). In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26). Every male Israelite from twenty to fifty years of age was bound by the law to bear arms when necessary (Num. 1:3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5). Saul was the first to form a standing army (1 Sam. 13:2; 24:2). This example was followed by David (1 Chr. 27:1), and Solomon (1 Kings 4:26), and by the kings of Israel and Judah (2 Chr. 17:14; 26:11; 2 Kings 11:4, etc.).

HOST. See Hospitality, Inn. HOS'TAGES are spoken of 2 Kgs 14:14; 2 Chr 25:24.

HOST. See Hospitality, Inn.

HOS'TAGES are spoken of 2 Kgs 14:14; 2 Chr 25:24.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. A host so great as covered all the field. Dryden.

2. Any great number or multitude; a throng. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. Luke ii. 13. All at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. Wordsworth.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitosly or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord. Chaucer. "Fair host and Earl." Tennyson. Time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To give entertainment to. [Obs.] Spenser.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. [Obs.] "Where you shall host." Shak.