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Commons  Wafer  In gastronomy, a wafer (also spelled waffer) is
a crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, and dry biscuit,1 often
used to decorate ice cream. Wafers can also be made into cookies
with cream flavoring sandwiched between them. They frequently
have a waffle surface pattern but may also be patterned with
insignia of the food's manufacturer or may be patternless. Many
chocolate bars, such as Kit Kat and Coffee Crisp, have wafers in
themcitation needed.  Communion wafer  The word also refers to
the special small round, often starchy flatbreads made for
Western Rite celebrations of the Eucharist, including Roman
Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and some of the more liturgical
Protestant churches. The word "host" is used to describe the
larger wafer used by the clergy,