unhouseled

[ uhn-hou-zuhld ]

adjectiveArchaic.

not having received the Eucharist.

Origin of unhouseled

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

Words Nearby unhouseled

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How to use unhouseled in a sentence

The word "unhouseled" in this means that he died without receiving the sacred elements before his death.
Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory | Thomas Perkins
It was Voltaire's last triumph; four days later, unshriven and unhouseled, he expired.
A History of French Literature | Edward Dowden

British Dictionary definitions for unhouseled

unhouseled

/ (ʌnˈhaʊzəld) /

adjective

archaic not having received the Eucharist

Origin of unhouseled

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

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