unhouseled

American  

[uhn-hou-zuhld] / ʌnˈhaʊ zəld /

adjective

Archaic.

1. not having received the Eucharist.

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unhouseled British  

/ ʌnˈhaʊzəld /

adjective

1. archaic not having received the Eucharist

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Etymology

Origin of unhouseled

First recorded in 1525–35; un- ¹ + housel + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Still, he had to accept it, or go unhouseled again.

From Miss Mapp by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)

What ghosts like wandering breath Shudder and wail unhouseled on the plain, Shreds of Achaian honour?

From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

The word "unhouseled" in this means that he died without receiving the sacred elements before his death.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

But the one thing she could not bear was that either Frenchmen or Englishmen should die unconfessed, "unhouseled, disappointed, unannealed."

From Jeanne D'Arc: her life and death by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

It was Voltaire's last triumph; four days later, unshriven and unhouseled, he expired.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund