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unhouseled

[ uhn-hou-zuhld ]

adjective

, Archaic.
  1. not having received the Eucharist.


unhouseled

/ ʌnˈhaʊzəld /

adjective

  1. archaic.
    not having received the Eucharist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unhouseled1

First recorded in 1525–35; un- 1 + housel + -ed 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unhouseled1

C16: from un- + obsolete housel to administer the sacrament, from Old English hūsl (n), hūslian (vb), of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

The word "unhouseled" in this means that he died without receiving the sacred elements before his death.

It was Voltaire's last triumph; four days later, unshriven and unhouseled, he expired.

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