Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Eucharist.
- transitive verb To administer the Eucharist to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The eucharist; the sacrament.
- noun The act of taking or receiving the sacrament.
- To administer the eucharist to.
- Hence To prepare for a journey.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic The eucharist.
- transitive verb Archaic To administer the eucharist to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic the
Eucharist - verb transitive, archaic To
administer the Eucharist to. - verb transitive, rare To
prepare for ajourney .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word "housel" for the sacrament of the Lord's Supper has gone out of use, though most of us are familiar with the line
Bell's Cathedrals: Wimbourne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings Thomas Perkins 1874
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Begone from the housel stand not at the court-yard gate, annoying my masters! otherwise shalt thou die, for thou art a Hellene born. and with them have we no dealings.
Helen 2008
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Begone from the housel stand not at the court-yard gate, annoying my masters! otherwise shalt thou die, for thou art a Hellene born. and with them have we no dealings.
Helen 2008
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For they shrive them and housel them evermore once or twice in the week.
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And there be many of them that housel them every day; and so do we not on this half, albeit that Saint Paul commandeth it, saying, OMNIBUS
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And in a ladychapel another taking housel all to his own cheek.
Ulysses 2003
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Lewis was staring towards the housel Jessica opened the french window and ran up to him, hugging him with a love that made Lacey's eyes sting with tears.
A Cure For Love Jordan, Penny 1991
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"Kelolo will not live in this house any morel He will live in that housel" And she indicated one of the compound quarters about twenty feet removed from his previous residence.
Hawaii Michener, James 1959
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"Acoluthus he is called, who bears the candle or taper in God's ministries when the Gospel is read, or when the housel is hallowed at the altar: not to dispel, as it were, the dim darkness, but, with that light, to announce bliss, in honour of Christ who is our light."
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"My dear Everard," she whispered, "Henry is in the housel Besides"Yes, I suppose you must be Everard.
The Great Impersonation Oppenheim, E. Phillips 1920
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