housel
see also: Housel
Pronunciation
Housel
Proper noun
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see also: Housel
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈhaʊzəl/
housel
- (archaic) the Eucharist
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
- She said that he had a fair sweet death through God His goodness with mass-priest to be shriven, holy housel and sick men’s oil to his limbs.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
housel (housels, present participle houseling; past and past participle houseled)
- (transitive, archaic) To administer the Eucharist to.
- (transitive, rare) To prepare for a journey.
- 1750, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), The Works of Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher:
- So housel all our hackneys that they may feel Compunction in their feet, and tire at Highgate.
- 1750, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), The Works of Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher:
Housel
Proper noun
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