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houseling¹

Where it comes from

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.

noun houselings

  1. The act of administering the eucharist.

adjective

  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.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of housel

houseling²

Where it comes from

From house + -ling.

noun houselings

  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.

    Similar: houselet

  2. One who frequently remains indoors or at home. It meant that pallid houselings sat in the sunshine and got well.
  3. A tame animal, or one reared by hand.

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@misc{houseling_2026,
  title = {houseling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/houseling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}