"houseling" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|houselyng}} Middle English houselyng, {{m|enm|housling}} housling, {{inh|en|ang|hūslung||administration of the sacrament}} Old English hūslung (“administration of the sacrament”), {{der|en|ang|hūslian||to administer the sacrament}} Old English hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”), {{suf|en|housel|ing}} housel + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} houseling (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to the eucharist. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-houseling-en-adj-9eeFlBvb
  2. Pertaining to any of the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, such as marriage. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Buildings Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-houseling-en-adj-ruaMrwwS Disambiguation of Buildings: 10 19 16 17 10 9 19 Disambiguation of Animals: 9 29 13 8 13 15 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: houseling people
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: houselings [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|houselyng}} Middle English houselyng, {{m|enm|housling}} housling, {{inh|en|ang|hūslung||administration of the sacrament}} Old English hūslung (“administration of the sacrament”), {{der|en|ang|hūslian||to administer the sacrament}} Old English hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”), {{suf|en|housel|ing}} housel + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} houseling (plural houselings)
  1. The act of administering the eucharist. Categories (topical): Buildings
    Sense id: en-houseling-en-noun-wiEmZ88Q Disambiguation of Buildings: 10 19 16 17 10 9 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: houselings [plural]
Etymology: From house + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|house|ling|id2=diminutive}} house + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} houseling (plural houselings)
  1. A small or miniature house. Categories (topical): Buildings Synonyms (small house): houselet
    Sense id: en-houseling-en-noun-OOPalpYN Disambiguation of Buildings: 10 19 16 17 10 9 19 Disambiguation of 'small house': 100 0 0
  2. One who frequently remains indoors or at home.
    Sense id: en-houseling-en-noun-bULU53mH
  3. A tame animal, or one reared by hand.
    Sense id: en-houseling-en-noun-Szd4umlo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|houselyng}} Middle English houselyng, {{m|enm|housling}} housling, {{inh|en|ang|hūslung||administration of the sacrament}} Old English hūslung (“administration of the sacrament”), {{der|en|ang|hūslian||to administer the sacrament}} Old English hūslian (“to administer the sacrament”), {{suf|en|housel|ing}} housel + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} houseling
  1. present participle and gerund of housel Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: housel Categories (topical): Buildings
    Sense id: en-houseling-en-verb-ajl~E57t Disambiguation of Buildings: 10 19 16 17 10 9 19 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms suffixed with -ling (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 16 14 11 11 7 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 14 25 22 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling (diminutive): 7 19 12 18 9 8 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      },
      "expansion": "houseling",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "housel"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of housel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "housel",
          "housel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "houseling"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ling (diminutive)",
    "en:Animals",
    "en:Buildings"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "house",
        "3": "ling",
        "id2": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "house + -ling",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From house + -ling.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "houselings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "houseling (plural houselings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, John Knauf, The Ropewalk",
          "text": "There was a copula up there, one of those small, windowed houselings whose pointed roof inevitably supported the weathervane, as it did here.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small or miniature house."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1889, The Homiletic review, volume 17, page 188",
          "text": "It meant that pallid houselings sat in the sunshine and got well.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who frequently remains indoors or at home."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A tame animal, or one reared by hand."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tame",
          "tame"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "small house",
      "word": "houselet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "houseling"
}

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