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hou·sel
(hou′zəl) Archaicn.
The Eucharist.
tr.v. hou·seled, hou·sel·ing, hou·sels
To administer the Eucharist to.
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housel
(ˈhaʊzəl)n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) a medieval name for Eucharist
vb, -sels, -selling or -selled, -sels, -seling or -seled
(Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to give the Eucharist to (someone)
[Old English hūsl; related to Gothic hunsl sacrifice, Old Norse hūsl]
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hou•sel
(ˈhaʊ zəl)n., v. -seled, -sel•ing (esp. Brit.) -selled, -sel•ling. Archaic. n.
1. the Eucharist.
v.t. 2. to administer the Eucharist to.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English hūsl the Eucharist]
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Past participle: houselled
Gerund: houselling
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