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housel definition

hou·sel (ho̵u′zəl)

noun

Eucharist

Etymology: ME < OE husel, akin to Goth hunsl, a sacrifice < Gmc *un-s-lo < IE base *wen-, to sanctify

transitive verb

to give the Eucharist to

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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