housel
see also: Housel
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈhaʊzəl/
Noun

housel

  1. (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.
Verb

housel (housels, present participle houseling; past and past participle houseled)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To administer the Eucharist to.
  2. (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.

Housel
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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