Definitions for housel

housel hou·sel

Spelling: [hou-zuh l]
IPA: /ˈhaʊ zəl/

Housel is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in housel (ehlosu).

Definitions for housel

noun

  1. the Eucharist.
  2. the act of administering or receiving the Eucharist.

verb (used with object)

  1. to administer the Eucharist to.

Origin of housel

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English hūsl the Eucharist, probably orig. offering; cognate with Old Norse hūsl, Gothic hunsl sacrifice, offering; (v.) Middle English houselen, Old En

Examples for housel

We were wedded out of hand by the priest that had been sent for to housel him, and in our true names.

For they shrive them and housel them evermore once or twice in the week.

Two clerics in surplice hold the housel cloth to catch any of the sacred elements which might accidentally fall.

In this life we require bread, and instruction, and partaking of the housel.

Let every Christian man strictly keep his Christianity, and go frequently to shrift and housel.

As he arose from the slab, a bird in housel for the night flew out of the box.

I pray you let me go upon my way, for there are those whom I would shrive and housel.

Word Value for housel
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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