/how"zeuhl/ , n. , v. , houseled, houseling or ( esp. Brit. ) houselled, houselling . Archaic.
n.
1. the Eucharist.
2. the act of administering or receiving the Eucharist.
v.t.
3. to administer the Eucharist to.
[ bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE husl the Eucharist, prob. orig. offering; c. ON husl, Goth hunsl sacrifice, offering; (v.) ME houselen, OE huslian, deriv. of the n. ]