HOUSEHOLD
family, household, house, home, menage
(noun) 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”; “the family refused to accept his will”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
household (plural households)
Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
(obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.
Adjective
household (not comparable)
Belonging to the same house and family.
Found in or having its origin in a home.
Widely known to the public; familiar.
Source: Wiktionary
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.
House"hold`, a.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition