Crossword clues for householder
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Householder \House"hold`er\, n. The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.
Towns in which almost every householder was an English
Protestant.
--Macaulay.
Compound householder. See Compound, a.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The owner of a house. 2 The head of a household.
WordNet
n. someone who owns a home [syn: homeowner]
Wikipedia
Householder may refer to:
- Householder, a person who is the head of a household, see household
- Householder transformation, an algorithm in numerical linear algebra
- Householder (surname)
- Householder (Buddhism), a Buddhist term most broadly referring to any layperson
- Grihastha, the second phase of an individual's life in the Hindu ashram system
In English translations of Buddhist texts, householder denotes a variety of terms. Most broadly, it refers to any layperson, and most narrowly, to a wealthy and prestigious familial patriarch. In contemporary Buddhist communities, householder is often used synonymously with laity, or non- monastics.
The Buddhist notion of householder is often contrasted with that of wandering ascetics (: ; Sanskrit: ) and monastics ( bhikkhu and bhikkhuni), who would not live (for extended periods) in a normal house and who would pursue freedom from attachments to houses and families.
Upāsakas and upāsikās, also called śrāvakas and śrāvikās - are householders and other laypersons who take refuge in the Three Jewels (the Buddha, the teachings and the community) and practice the Five Precepts. In southeast Asian communities, lay disciples also give alms to monks on their daily rounds and observe weekly uposatha days. In Buddhist thought, the cultivation of ethical conduct and dāna or "almsgiving" will themselves refine consciousness to such a level that rebirth in one of the lower heavens is likely even if there is no further Buddhist practice. This level of attainment is viewed as a proper aim for laypersons.
In some traditional Buddhist societies, such as in Burma and Thailand, people transition between householder and monk and back to householder with regularity and celebration as in the practice of shinbyu among the Bamar. One of the evolving features of Buddhism in the West is the increasing dissolution of the traditional distinction between monastics and laity.
For all the diversity of Buddhist practices in the West, general trends in the recent transformations of Buddhist practice ... can be identified. These include an erosion of the distinction between professional and lay Buddhists; a decentralization of doctrinal authority; a diminished role for Buddhist monastics; an increasing spirit of egalitarianism; greater leadership roles for women; greater social activism; and, in many cases, an increasing emphasis on the psychological, as opposed to the purely religious, nature of practice.
Householder is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alston Scott Householder, American mathematician
- Larry Householder, American Republican politician
- Ronney Householder, American raceing driver
- Paul Householder, Major League Baseball player and land baron
Usage examples of "householder".
At one point, though, an artilleryman told the story of a fine house in his town, where the cries of a ghostly child echoed in the rooms at night, to the consternation of the householders.
In the smoggy gloaming, he went through the brickwork warrens of Griss Fell, past householders scrubbing their porches of the grit of machinofacture and graffitied coils, chatting from window to window across the little streets.
No one, not the regnant nor anyone else, shall demand of the householders of Freeburg any requisition or aid.
Jamie, as householder, stepped forward to fling the door open and bid the firstfoot welcome.
My aunt is a successful householder in the town and she manages what he brings home and manufactures goods for him to trade, finishing quernstones, mostly, in the workshop.
The houses around Roundwood were visited and the householders questioned about suspicious sightings or unusual queries by strangers about directions around the area.
He temporarily banished all but householders and their families to country districts not nearer than a hundred miles from the City, appointed a rationing-board composed of ex-Consuls, and prohibited public banquets, even on his own birthday.
I must have an assurance from the mouths of two householders that you will never commit such a crime.
Which usually meant, as was the way with those old jossers well above the pensionable age, talking about the dim and distant past when a pint of beer was a pint of beer and the sound of a horse-drawn cart approaching along the road outside was enough to send every self-respecting householder running for his dustpan and broom.
If the individual landowner or mineral-owner disappears altogether from the world, he will probably be replaced over large areas by tenants with considerable security of tenure, by householders and by licensees under collective proprietors.
Further examination showed that every cabin had its tenant, no one of the party that remained within the palisades being a householder.
When young householders took their growing wealth and tax base with them from the cities to the suburbs, they created a economic, generational, and cultural division between them and the cities.
Behind him, cops realized their trouserless condition and appealed plaintively to householders to notify headquarters of their state.
You cannot bail me yourself, but you can easily get a householder to do so.
Thank you, I am grateful for your kindness, but you are a foreigner, and sureties have to be householders.