The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1022 page)
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Hossho
(buddha-nature)
:
(buddha-nature)
:
Hoss
school
(Zen Buddhist school)
:
school(Zen Buddhist school)
:
Hossu
(Jap.). A small brush in Zen Buddhism, based on the brush used by Jains to sweep the path before them. It became a symbol of transmission. It was therefore passed on to a dharma-successor (
hassu
).
hassu
).
Host
(Lat.,
hostia
, ‘sacrifice, victim’). The bread of the
eucharist
, especially the thin round wafer used by Roman Catholics and Anglo-Catholics (among whom the mass is most explicitly seen in relation to the death of Christ understood as
sacrifice
).
hostia
, ‘sacrifice, victim’). The bread of the
eucharist
, especially the thin round wafer used by Roman Catholics and Anglo-Catholics (among whom the mass is most explicitly seen in relation to the death of Christ understood as
sacrifice
).
Host, desecration of
.
.
Alleged profanation by Jews of the consecrated bread of the Christian eucharist. The accusation was made on many occasions throughout the Middle Ages and was revived in Romania as late as 1836.
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