What does housel mean?
Housel means (archaic) The Eucharist..
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/ˈhaʊzəl/ · noun
(archaic) The Eucharist..
The Holy Houſel ought to be kept vvith great Diligence and not be permitted to be ſtale, but another be alvvays hallovved anevv for Sick Men in about a Seven-night, or Fortnight, ſo as that it may not be muſty at leaſt.
She said that he had a fair sweet death through God His goodness with mass-priest to be shriven, holy housel and sick men’s oil to his limbs.
So housel all our hackneys that they may feel Compunction in their feet, and tire at Highgate.
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Housel means (archaic) The Eucharist..
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The Holy Houſel ought to be kept vvith great Diligence and not be permitted to be ſtale, but another be alvvays hallovved anevv for Sick Men in about a Seven-night, or Fortnight, ſo as that it may not be muſty at leaſt.
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