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.
Household affairs; domestic concerns;
particularly in the phrase to keep house. See below.
Those who dwell in the same house; a
household.
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.
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.
A firm, or commercial
establishment.
A public house; an inn; a hotel.
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.
A square on a chessboard, regarded as the
proper place of a piece.
An audience; an assembly of hearers, as
at a lecture, a theater, etc.; as, a thin or a full
house.
The body, as the habitation of the
soul.
The grave.
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