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

In the months immediately after the bodies’ discovery near Atlantic City, the local prosecutor’s office and a dozen other law enforcement agencies had 140 people assigned to the cases, Ted Housel, who was prosecutor at the time, said in 2008.

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“Vecuronium is only given when someone is intubated because it paralyzes the body,” Housel said.

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Nashville Assistant District Attorney General Debbie Housel said during opening statements Tuesday that the nurse ignored warning labels on the medication and didn’t notice the medication she chose was very different from the one needed.

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In addition to the override, Vaught also failed to scan the medication against the patient’s medical identification bracelet, Housel said.

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“Lionel James defined Auburn football for a generation,” David Housel, a former Auburn sports information director and athletic director, said in a news release.

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