hostie (plural hosties)
(obsolete, Catholicism) the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.
hostie (plural hosties)
(Australia, informal) An air hostess.
• flight attendant
Source: Wiktionary
Hos"tie, n. Etym: [F. See 1st Host.]
Definition: The consecrated wafer; the host. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
