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  • HOSPITICIDE
    One that kills his guest or host.
  • HOSPITIUM
    An inn; a household. See Cromwell v. Stephens, 2 Daly (N. Y.) 17.
  • HOSPODAR
    A Turkish governor in Moldavia or Wallachia.
  • HOST
    L. Fr. An army. Britt C. 22. A military expedition; war. Kelhain.
  • HOSTAGE
    A person who is given into the possession of the enemy, in a public war, his freedom (or life) to stand as security for the performance of some contract or promise made by tbe belligerent power giving the hostage with the other.
  • HOSTELAGIUM
    In old records. A right to receive lodging and entertainment anciently reserved by lords in the houses of their tenants. Cowell.
  • HOSTELER
    See HOSTLER.
  • HOSTES
    Lat. Enemies. Hostes humanl generis, enemies of the human race; i. e., pirates. Hostes sunt qui nobis vel quibus nos bellum decernimus; ossteri proditores vel prsedones sunt. 7 Coke, 24. Enemies are those with whom we declare war, or who declare it against us; all others are traitors or pirates.
  • HOSTIA
    In old records. The host-bread, or consecrated wafer, in the eucharist. Cowell.
  • HOSTICIDE
    One who kills an enemy.
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