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Webster 1913 Edition
Houseling
Definition 2024
houseling
houseling
English
Noun
houseling (plural houselings)
- The act of administering the eucharist.
Adjective
houseling (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the eucharist.
- Pertaining to any of the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, such as marriage.
Derived terms
- houseling people
Verb
houseling
- present participle of housel
Etymology 2
Noun
houseling (plural houselings)
- A small or miniature house.
- 2011, John Knauf, The Ropewalk:
- 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:
- One who frequently remains indoors or at home.
- 1889, The Homiletic review - Volume 17 - Page 188:
- It meant that pallid houselings sat in the sunshine and got well.
- 1889, The Homiletic review - Volume 17 - Page 188:
- A tame animal, or one reared by hand.