Definition of house

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House (n.) 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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Domal :: Domal (a.) Pertaining to a house.
Welcome :: Welcome (n.) Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome..
Stage :: Stage (n.) A floor or story of a house.
Spence :: Spence (n.) The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat..
Brothel :: Brothel (n.) A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.
Tumble-down :: Tumble-down (a.) Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house..
Priory :: Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2..
But :: But (adv. & conj.) On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind..
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor..
Vaccary :: Vaccary (n.) A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture..
Posthouse :: Posthouse (n.) A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained..
Storeship :: Storeroom (n.) Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored.
Smoky :: Smoky (superl.) Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house..
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause..
Curia :: Curia (n.) The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..
Groom :: Groom (n.) One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole..
Courtehouse :: Courtehouse (n.) A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings..
Mansion :: Mansion (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8..
Bawdyhouse :: Bawdyhouse (n.) A house of prostitution; a house of ill fame; a brothel.
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