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houselings

houselings is the plural of houseling.

Meaning of houseling

Noun (1)

houseling (plural houselings)

  1. The act of administering the eucharist.

Noun (2)

houseling (plural 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.2011, John Knauf, The Ropewalk
    Synonyms:
    houselet
  2. One who frequently remains indoors or at home.
    • It meant that pallid houselings sat in the sunshine and got well.1889, The Homiletic review, volume 17, page 188
  3. A tame animal, or one reared by hand.

See all 6 meanings of houseling

Questions about houselings

What is houselings the plural of?
Houselings is the plural of houseling.

Words near houselings in the dictionary

  1. houselights
  2. houselike
  3. houseline
  4. houselines
  5. houseling
  6. houselings
  7. houselled
  8. houselling
  9. housels
  10. Housely
  11. housemade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: houselings (page history and authors); houseling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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