Definition of "unhouseled" []

• Archaic Not having received the Eucharist. Used of a dead or dying person. (adjective)

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• "The word "unhouseled" in this means that he died without receiving the sacred elements before his death."
• "Me, the heir of their founder — me, whom their foundation binds them to pray for — me — ungrateful villains as they are! — they suffer to die like the houseless dog on yonder common, unshriven and unhouseled! —"
• "Alas! what multitudes of real dwarfs go out every day, 'unhouseled,' into that searching light of eternity."