hou·sel (hou z l) Archaic n. The Eucharist. tr.v. hou·seled, hou·sel·ing, hou·sels To administer the Eucharist to. [Middle English, from Old English h  sel, sacrifice, Eucharist; see kwen- in Indo-European roots.] |
housel [ˈhaʊzəl]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a medieval name for Eucharist
vb -sels, -selling, -selled US, -sels -seling, -seled
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to give the Eucharist to (someone)
[Old English hūsl; related to Gothic hunsl sacrifice, Old Norse hūsl]
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