UNHOUSELED

Etymology

Adjective

unhouseled (not comparable)

(obsolete) Not having taken the housel.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*hou"seled, a.

Definition: Not having received the sacrament. [Obs.] [Written also unhouselled.] To die like the houseless dog on yonder common, unshriven and unhouseled. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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