HOUSEL | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Housel

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Old English (in an earlier sense). Cognate with early Scandinavian (runic: Sweden) (dative singular) hosli sacrifice, Old Icelandic húsl (Icelandic húsl, hunsl, now historical), Old Norwegian húsl, Old Swedish husl, all in sense ‘the Eucharist, the consecrated elements of the Eucharist’, Gothic hunsl sacrifice, offering (translating ancient Greek θυσία), also (in an isolated attestation: John 16:2, translating ancient Greek λατρεία) service to God, worship; further etymology uncertain and disputed: see below

Definition:

The consecrated elements of the Eucharist, especially the bread; (also) the administration or receiving of the Eucharist; the service or ceremony of the Eucharist.

Word: Housel

Speech Type: Verb

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