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houselled

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hou⋅sel

[hou-zuhl] noun, verb, -seled, -sel⋅ing or (especially British) -selled, -sel⋅ling. Archaic.
–noun
1. the Eucharist.
2. the act of administering or receiving the Eucharist.
–verb (used with object)
3. to administer the Eucharist to.

Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE hūsl the Eucharist, prob. orig. offering; c. ON hūsl, Goth hunsl sacrifice, offering; (v.) ME houselen, OE hūslian, deriv. of the n.
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