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 * '''''Hosana'''''
 ** imperative for "save" or "give salvation!"
+*'''Host'''
+**the sacramental, Eucharistic bread
+**from Latin ''hostia'' for "sacrificial victim"
+**see also the "Lord of Hosts"
 * '''hypostatic union of Christ'''
 ** Chris as God and Man (see "God-man")
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 **# '''Liturgy of the Eucharist'''
 **# '''Concluding Rites'''
+* '''Lord'''
+** God
+** from the meaning, "keeper or guardian"
+** in Greek , ''Kyrios''
+* '''Lord of Hosts'''
+** Jewish term for God
+*** from Hebrew ''Tzevaot'' for "armies" as in "Lord of the armies"
+*** "hosts" implies a large army
+** Old English ''hlaford'' = "one who guards the loaves"
+*** thus the connection between "Lord of Hosts" and "Host" (Eucharistic bread)
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