housel

[hou-zuhl]

noun

1. the Eucharist.

2. the act of administering or receiving the Eucharist.

verb (used with object)

houseled, houseling , houselled, houselling .

1. to administer the Eucharist to.

housel

/ ˈhaʊzəl /

noun

1. a medieval name for Eucharist

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of housel¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of housel¹

Old English hūsl; related to Gothic hunsl sacrifice, Old Norse hūsl

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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