housel
9.9
People who live together in one house
- noun
- Archaic
:
casa
- The entire housel gathered in the great hall for the evening meal.
Examples
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Records from the old village list each housel and its members in detail.
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In medieval times, a nobleman's housel often included many servants and workers.
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The housel gathered for a feast every Sunday.
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In olden days, the housels shared stories by the fire.
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The entire housel gathered in the great hall for the evening meal.
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In medieval times, a nobleman's housel often included many servants and workers.
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Records from the old village list each housel and its members in detail.
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Housel comes from the old word house, which means 'home' or the building where people live, so housel once meant the people who live together in a house — a household.