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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOUSEHOLD, n. hous'hold. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family; those who belong to a family.
I baptized also the household of Stephanus. 1 Corinthians 1.
1. Family life; domestic management.
HOUSEHOLD, a. hous'hold. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as household furniture; household affairs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" [syn: family, household, house, home, menage]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 14th century those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family; also a social unit composed of those living together in the same dwelling II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. of or relating to a household ; domestic <cooking and other household arts> 2. familiar, common <a household name>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the occupants of a house regarded as a unit. 2 a house and its affairs. 3 (prec. by the) (in the UK) the royal household. Phrases and idioms: household gods 1 gods presiding over a household, esp. the lares and penates. 2 the essentials of home life. household troops (in the UK) troops nominally employed to guard the sovereign. household word (or name) 1 a familiar name or saying. 2 a familiar person or thing.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Household House"hold`, n. 1. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family. And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to prayers. --Swift. 2. A line of ancestory; a race or house. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Household House"hold`, a. Belonging to the house and family; domestic; as, household furniture; household affairs. Household bread, bread made in the house for common use; hence, bread that is not of the finest quality. [Obs.] Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects endeared by association with home. Household troops, troops appointed to attend and guard the sovereign or his residence.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(households) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A household is all the people in a family or group who live together in a house. ...growing up in a male-only household... N-COUNT 2. The household is your home and everything that is connected with looking after it. ...household chores. N-SING: oft N n 3. Someone or something that is a household name or word is very well known. Today, fashion designers are household names... ADJ: ADJ n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hous'-hold: Three words are usually found in the Bible where the family is indicated. These three are the Hebrew word bayith and the Greek words oikia and oikos. The unit of the national life of Israel, from the very beginning, was found in the family. In the old patriarchal days each family was complete within itself, the oldest living sire being the unquestioned head of the whole, possessed of almost arbitrary powers. The house and the household are practically synonymous. God had called Abraham "that he might command his children and household after him" (Ge 18:19). The Passover-lamb was to be eaten by the "household" (Ex 12:3). The "households" of the rebels in the camp of Israel shared their doom (Nu 16:31-33; De 11:6). David's household shares his humiliation (2Sa 15:16); the children everywhere in the Old Testament are the bearers of the sins of the fathers. Human life is not a conglomerate of individuals; the family is its center and unit.

Nor is it different in the New Testament. The curse and the blessing of the apostles are to abide on a house, according to its attitude (Mt 10:13). A divided house falls (Mr 3:25). The household believes with the head thereof (Joh 4:53; Ac 16:15,34). Thus the households became the nuclei for the early life of the church, e.g. the house of Prisca and Aquila at Rome (Ro 16:5), of Stephanas (1Co 16:15), of Onesiphorus (2Ti 1:16), etc. No wonder that the early church made so much of the family life. And in the midst of all our modern, rampant individualism, the family is still the throbbing heart of the church as well as of the nation.

Henry E. Dosker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Family, house. II. a. Domestic, home.

Moby Thesaurus

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