HOUSEL


Meaning of HOUSEL in English

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

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