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Host

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

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Broader term 18

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Army 76% connected

A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

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Being 76% connected

of Be

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Bread 76% connected

To spread.

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Breadstuff 76% connected

Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.

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Computer 76% connected

One who computes.

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Concourse 76% connected

A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Entertain 76% connected

To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

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Entertainer 76% connected

One who entertains.

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Multitude 76% connected

A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

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Organism 76% connected

Organic structure; organization.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Patron 76% connected

One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.

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Receiver 76% connected

One who takes or receives in any manner.

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Recipient 76% connected

A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a stil…

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Throng 76% connected

of Thring

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Manner of action 3

Banquet 76% connected

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

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Feast 76% connected

A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

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Junket 76% connected

A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

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Narrower term 7

Hostess 76% connected

A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house.

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Padrone 76% connected

A patron; a protector.

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Ringmaster 76% connected

One in charge of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a circus.

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Sabaoth 76% connected

Armies; hosts.

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Symposiarch 76% connected

The master of a feast.

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Toastmaster 76% connected

A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.

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Victualer 76% connected

One who furnishes victuals.

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Synonym 5

Boniface 92% connected

An innkeeper.

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Horde 92% connected

A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a…

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Innkeeper 92% connected

An innholder.

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Legion 92% connected

A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- t…

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Server 92% connected

One who serves.

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Antonym 2

Parasite 94% connected

One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.

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Parasite 94% connected

One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.

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