housel
Americannoun
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the Eucharist.
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the act of administering or receiving the Eucharist.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
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
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We were wedded out of hand by the priest that had been sent for to housel him, and in our true names.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Hennessy, W.J.
In this life we require bread, and instruction, and partaking of the housel.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
This holy bread we taste when we with faith go to housel; because the holy housel is spiritually Christ's body; and through that we are redeemed from eternal death.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Oh, to think that it's you, to think that it is Jasper Begg in this strange housel" she kept crying; "and no way out of it, no safety anywhere!
From The House Under the Sea A Romance by Pemberton, Max, Sir
They bathed his face and he gathered strength after a time to say “A priest!—oh for a priest to shrive and housel me.”
From The Armourer's Prentices by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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