housel

[ hou-zuhl ]

/ ˈhaʊ zəl /

Archaic.

noun

the Eucharist.

the act of administering or receiving the Eucharist.

verb (used with object), hou·seled, hou·sel·ing or (especially British) hou·selled, hou·sel·ling.

to administer the Eucharist to.

Origin of housel

First recorded before 900; Middle English; (noun) Old English hūsl “the Eucharist,” probably originally, “offering”; cognate with Old Norse hūsl, Gothic hunsl “sacrifice, offering”

Words nearby housel

household word, househusband, housekeep, housekeeper, housekeeping, housel, Houselander, house league, houseleek, houseless, houselights

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Example sentences from the Web for housel

We were wedded out of hand by the priest that had been sent for to housel him, and in our true names.
The Armourer's Prentices|Charlotte M. Yonge
As he arose from the slab, a bird in housel for the night flew out of the box.
The Prince of India, Volume II|Lew. Wallace
Let every Christian man strictly keep his Christianity, and go frequently to shrift and housel.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England|Edward L. Cutts
For they shrive them and housel them evermore once or twice in the week.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville|John Mandeville

Two clerics in surplice hold the housel cloth to catch any of the sacred elements which might accidentally fall.
Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England|Edward L. Cutts

British Dictionary definitions for housel

housel

/ (ˈhaʊzəl) /

noun

a medieval name for Eucharist

verb -sels, -selling or -selled or US -sels, -seling or -seled

(tr) to give the Eucharist to (someone)

Word Origin for housel

Old English hūsl; related to Gothic hunsl sacrifice, Old Norse hūsl

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单词	housel
释义	housel [ hou-zuhl ] / ˈhaʊ zəl / Archaic. noun the Eucharist. the act of administering or receiving the Eucharist. verb (used with object), hou·seled, hou·sel·ing or (especially British) hou·selled, hou·sel·ling. to administer the Eucharist to. Origin of housel First recorded before 900; Middle English; (noun) Old English hūsl “the Eucharist,” probably originally, “offering”; cognate with Old Norse hūsl, Gothic hunsl “sacrifice, offering” Words nearby housel household word, househusband, housekeep, housekeeper, housekeeping, housel, Houselander, house league, houseleek, houseless, houselights Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for housel We were wedded out of hand by the priest that had been sent for to housel him, and in our true names. The Armourer's Prentices\|Charlotte M. Yonge As he arose from the slab, a bird in housel for the night flew out of the box. The Prince of India, Volume II\|Lew. Wallace Let every Christian man strictly keep his Christianity, and go frequently to shrift and housel. Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England\|Edward L. Cutts For they shrive them and housel them evermore once or twice in the week. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville\|John Mandeville Two clerics in surplice hold the housel cloth to catch any of the sacred elements which might accidentally fall. Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England\|Edward L. Cutts British Dictionary definitions for housel housel / (ˈhaʊzəl) / noun a medieval name for Eucharist verb -sels, -selling or -selled or US -sels, -seling or -seled (tr) to give the Eucharist to (someone) Word Origin for housel Old English hūsl; related to Gothic hunsl sacrifice, Old Norse hūsl Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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