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.