unhouseled
[ uhn-hou-zuh ld ]
/ ʌnˈhaʊ zəld /
adjective Archaic.
not having received the Eucharist.
Words nearby unhouseled
unhook,
unhoped,
unhoped-for,
unhorse,
unhouse,
unhouseled,
unhuman,
unhurried,
unhurt,
unhusk,
unhygienic
Example sentences from the Web for unhouseled
It was Voltaire's last triumph; four days later, unshriven and unhouseled, he expired.
A History of French Literature |Edward DowdenThe word "unhouseled" in this means that he died without receiving the sacred elements before his death.
Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory |Thomas Perkins
British Dictionary definitions for unhouseled
unhouseled
/ (ʌnˈhaʊzəld) /
adjective
archaic
not having received the Eucharist
Word Origin for unhouseled
C16: from
un- + obsolete
housel to administer the sacrament, from Old English
hūsl (n),
hūslian (vb), of unknown origin