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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "Holy Ghost" #12697 12/12/00 02:52 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2 D dennis OP stranger OP dennis stranger D Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2 I appreciate your quick response. Your reference to the Latin "hostia" is appreciated. Another word/contraction that lends me to believe that the word "Ghost" could mean "God's Host" is the word "Good-bye." The "good" in "good-bye" is a substitution for "God" coming from the expression "God be with you;" cf OED Any thoughts? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Ghost" dennis 12/12/00 12:14 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" Faldage 12/12/00 02:01 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" dennis 12/12/00 02:52 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" of troy 12/12/00 03:13 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" RhubarbCommando 12/13/00 10:04 AM Re: "Holy Ghost" Bobyoungbalt 12/13/00 09:06 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" Faldage 12/13/00 09:25 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" NicholasW 12/18/00 11:33 AM Re: "Holy Ghost" Jackie 12/18/00 12:17 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" NicholasW 12/19/00 11:05 AM Re: "Holy Ghost" Jackie 12/19/00 12:53 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" NicholasW 12/19/00 01:22 PM Re: "Holy Ghost" NicholasW 12/18/00 11:27 AM Re: "Ghost" Capital Kiwi 12/13/00 01:43 AM Re: "Ghost" NicholasW 12/18/00 11:29 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 927 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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