Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Housel
The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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An old English word for the Holy Eucharist. Thus an old English canon of A.D. 960 orders every Priest "to give housel (i.e. Holy Communion) to the sick when they need it." The word also appears in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in Piers Plowman, Beaumont and Fletcher and also in Shakespeare. So, also, we find the term houselling cloth, meaning a large cloth spread before the people while receiving. The word evidently meant a Sacrifice.
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Miller, William James. Entry for 'Housel'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/acd/h/housel.html. 1901.
Miller, William James. Entry for 'Housel'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/acd/h/housel.html. 1901.
