housel
- noun
- Archaic
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Eucaristía
- In medieval England, the faithful would receive the housel during important religious festivals.
Examples
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The priest prepared the housel for the evening service.
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The old manuscript describes the rituals surrounding the housel in great detail.
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Few people today are familiar with the term housel for Holy Communion.
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Can you explain the significance of housel?
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In medieval England, the faithful would receive the housel during important religious festivals.
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The old manuscript describes the rituals surrounding the housel in great detail.
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Few people today are familiar with the term housel for Holy Communion.
Synonyms
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9.3
A Christian service when people bless and eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper
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4.9
A Christian ceremony where people share bread and wine to remember Jesus
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6.3
A Christian ceremony when people eat bread and drink wine to remember the Last Supper
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8.1
A Christian ceremony when people bless and eat bread and wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper
1
9.8
A religious ceremony where Christians bless bread and wine to remember Jesus' Last Supper
A Christian ceremony where people eat bread and drink wine to remember Jesus' death and his rising from the dead
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the old religious meaning of housel is to think of a shared meal in the church or 'house' of God; in medieval English housel was used for the Holy Communion, the sacred meal shared by Christians.