housel

American  

[hou-zuhl] / ˈhaʊ zəl /

noun

1. the Eucharist.

2. the act of administering or receiving the Eucharist.

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verb (used with object)

houseled, houseling, houselled, houselling

1. to administer the Eucharist to.

housel British  

/ ˈhaʊzəl /

noun

1. a medieval name for Eucharist

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verb

1. (tr) to give the Eucharist to (someone)

Etymology

Origin of housel

First recorded before 900; Middle English; (noun) Old English hūsl “the Eucharist,” probably originally, “offering”; cognate with Old Norse hūsl, Gothic hunsl “sacrifice, offering”

Example Sentences

Such tensions are at the heart of the newly released book “The Art of Spending Money” by Morgan Housel, author of the bestseller “The Psychology of Money.”

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Ultimately, according to Housel, “money is a remarkable tool that can provide a better life if you know how to use it.”

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This is something you can only discover for yourself, Housel told MarketWatch.

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Admittedly, avoiding comparisons may be “close to impossible” in modern life, especially as social media endlessly broadcasts curated slivers of people’s lives that make you feel like “you are completely and utterly falling behind,” Housel said.

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“The simplest formula for a pretty nice life is independence plus purpose,” Housel writes in his new book.

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