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House \
House \ (
hous ),
n .;
pl . {
Houses }. [
OE .
hous ,
hus ,
AS .
h ?
s ;
akin to OS . &
OFries .
h ?
s ,
D .
huis ,
OHG .
h ?
s ,
G .
haus ,
Icel .
h ?
s ,
Sw .
hus ,
Dan .
huus ,
Goth .
gudh ?
s ,
house of God ,
temple ;
and prob .
to E .
hide to conceal .
See {
Hide },
and cf . {
Hoard },
{
Husband }, {
Hussy }, {
Husting }.]
1 .
A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind ;
but especially ,
a building or edifice for the habitation of man ;
a dwelling place ,
a mansion .
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Houses are built to live in ;
not to look on .
--
Bacon .
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Bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench Are from their hives and houses driven away . --
Shak .
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2 .
Household affairs ;
domestic concerns ;
particularly in the phrase to keep house .
See below .
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3 .
Those who dwell in the same house ;
a household .
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One that feared God with all his house . --
Acts x .
2 .
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4 .
A family of ancestors ,
descendants ,
and kindred ;
a race of persons from the same stock ;
a tribe ;
especially ,
a noble family or an illustrious race ;
as ,
the house of Austria ;
the house of Hanover ;
the house of Israel .
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The last remaining pillar of their house ,
The one transmitter of their ancient name .
--
Tennyson .
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5 .
One of the estates of a kingdom or other government assembled in parliament or legislature ;
a body of men united in a legislative capacity ;
as ,
the House of Lords ;
the House of Commons ;
the House of Representatives ;
also ,
a quorum of such a body .
See {
Congress },
and {
Parliament }.
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6 . (
Com .)
A firm ,
or commercial establishment .
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7 .
A public house ;
an inn ;
a hotel .
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8 . (
Astrol .)
A twelfth part of the heavens ,
as divided by six circles intersecting at the north and south points of the horizon ,
used by astrologers in noting the positions of the heavenly bodies ,
and casting horoscopes or nativities .
The houses were regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon ,
and numbered from the one at the eastern horizon ,
called the ascendant ,
first house ,
or house of life ,
downward ,
or in the direction of the earth '
s revolution ,
the stars and planets passing through them in the reverse order every twenty -
four hours .
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9 .
A square on a chessboard ,
regarded as the proper place of a piece .
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10 .
An audience ;
an assembly of hearers ,
as at a lecture ,
a theater ,
etc .;
as ,
a thin or a full house .
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11 .
The body ,
as the habitation of the soul .
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This mortal house I '
ll ruin ,
Do C [
ae ]
sar what he can . --
Shak .
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12 .
Usage : [
With an adj .,
as narrow ,
dark ,
etc .]
The grave . "
The narrow house ." --
Bryant .
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Note :
House is much used adjectively and as the first element of compounds .
The sense is usually obvious ;
as ,
house cricket ,
housemaid ,
house painter ,
housework .
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{
House ant } (
Zool .),
a very small ,
yellowish brown ant ({
Myrmica molesta }),
which often infests houses ,
and sometimes becomes a great pest .
{
House of bishops } (
Prot .
Epis .
Ch .),
one of the two bodies composing a general convertion ,
the other being House of Clerical and Lay Deputies .
{
House boat },
a covered boat used as a dwelling .
{
House of call },
a place ,
usually a public house ,
where journeymen connected with a particular trade assemble when out of work ,
ready for the call of employers . [
Eng .]
{
To bring down the house }.
See under {
Bring }.
{
To keep house },
to maintain an independent domestic establishment .
{
To keep open house },
to entertain friends at all times .
Syn :
Dwelling ;
residence ;
abode .
See {
Tenement }.
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