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houseling en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English houselyng, housling, from Old English hūslung (“administration of the sacrament”), from Old English hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”), equivalent to housel + -ing.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the eucharist.
2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to any of the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, such as marriage.

Deriveds

houseling people

houseling en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English houselyng, housling, from Old English hūslung (“administration of the sacrament”), from Old English hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”), equivalent to housel + -ing.

Meanings

1. The act of administering the eucharist.

Forms

houseling en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English houselyng, housling, from Old English hūslung (“administration of the sacrament”), from Old English hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”), equivalent to housel + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of housel
   form of housel

houseling en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From house + -ling.

Meanings

1. A small or miniature house.
   • There was a copula up there, one of those small, windowed houselings whose pointed roof inevitably supported the weathervane, as it did here. 2011, John Knauf, The Ropewalk:
2. One who frequently remains indoors or at home.
   • It meant that pallid houselings sat in the sunshine and got well. 1889, The Homiletic review, volume 17, page 188:
3. A tame animal, or one reared by hand.

Forms

Synonyms

houselet (small house)