Definition of "hostie" in İngilizce

noun

1. (obsolete, Catholicism, Scotland) the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.

   • 1694 August 9, James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, Letter XII, in 1845, William Jerdan (editor), Letters from James, Earl of Perth, Lord Chancellor of Scotland, &c, to His Sister, Countess of Erroll, and Other Members of His Family, page 40, This Hostie* is carryed about the streets in procession : and really it is very fine to see the solemnity.

noun

1. (Australia, informal) An air hostess.

   • 2011, Les Hawkins, Great Australian Fly-Fishing Stories, Chapter 20, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, unnumbered page, The cute hostie at the check-in for Kamchatka accepted a note the Russian Ambassador in Canberra had given me about excess luggage and gave me a smile rather than a bill.