2 entries under this word

Housel

Hous'el, n.

noun

(houz'el), n. [A-S. hūsul, hūsel, hūsl, offering, sacrament, Icel. & O. Sw. hūsl, hunsl, Goth. hunsl.] The eucharist; the sacred bread. [Obs.] Tennyson.

Hous'el, v. t.

verbtransitive

[A-S. hūslian, Goth. hunslian. See supra.] To give or receive the eucharist. [Obs.]