unhouseled

[ uhn-hou-zuhld ]

adjectiveArchaic.
  1. not having received the Eucharist.

Origin of unhouseled

1
First recorded in 1525–35; un-1 + housel + -ed2

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unhouseled

/ (ʌnˈhaʊzəld) /


adjective
  1. archaic not having received the Eucharist

Origin of unhouseled

1
C16: from un- + obsolete housel to administer the sacrament, from Old English hūsl (n), hūslian (vb), of unknown origin

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