un·hou·seled ( n-hou z ld)adj. Archaic Not having received the Eucharist. Used of a dead or dying person. |
unhouseled [ʌnˈhaʊzəld]
adj
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Archaic not having received the Eucharist
[from un- + obsolete housel to administer the sacrament, from Old English hūsl (n), hūslian (vb), of unknown origin]
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