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/hˈaʊshˌoʊld/ Listen

noun

Household n.

Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family. "And calls, without affecting airs, His household twice a day to prayers."

A line of ancestory; a race or house. (Obs.)

adjective

Household adj. 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.

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Etymology of 'Household'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Household" Quotes from Famous Books

... white stars fairly blaze At midnight in the cold and frosty sky, And where around the Overflow the reedbeds sweep and sway To the breezes, and the rolling plains are wide, The man from Snowy River is a household word to-day, And the stockmen tell the story ...

— The Man from Snowy River • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson

... as a domestic industry with the exception of the "sewing" of the women's clothes and men's underwear. As a consequence, the women of the family are condemned to idleness, or to the drudgery of the whole household work. ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 • Various

... on her in moments spared from her own household labours came in. She held a cup of paste made from cornflour in her hand, and stirred the ...

— A Sheaf of Corn • Mary E. Mann

... late acquired new prejudices. He no longer cared to enjoy the hospitality of Horatio Paget. In Omega-street the household expenses were shared by the two men. It was a kind of club upon a small scale; and there was no degradation in breaking ...

— Birds of Prey • M. E. Braddon

... refilled the window-boxes of the slice of a house with an admirable arrangement of fresh flowers. It became an established fact that the household had not fallen to pieces, and its frequenters gradually returned to it, wearing, indeed, the air of people who had never ...

— Robin • Frances Hodgson Burnett

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