houseling

noun

1. The act of administering the eucharist.
2. 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.”

3. One who frequently remains indoors or at home.

   “It meant that pallid houselings sat in the sunshine and got well.”

4. A tame animal, or one reared by hand.

adj

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