I. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hūsel sacrifice, Eucharist; akin to Gothic hunsl sacrifice, and probably to Avestan spənta- holy, Lithuanian šventas
archaic : the Eucharist or the act of administering or receiving it
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English houselen, from Old English hūslian, from hūsel, n.
archaic : to administer the Eucharist to