Particle

·noun A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.

II. Particle ·noun The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

III. Particle ·noun Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.

IV. Particle ·noun A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

V. Particle ·noun A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.