great housen.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈhaʊs/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪt ˈhaʊs/

Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and house n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., house n.¹

Etymology: < great adj. + house n.¹In quot. a1382¹ at sense 1 ultimately rendering Hebrew ʿazārāh outer court (of the Temple) (2 Chronicles 4:9 and 6:13); the Septuagint has ἐν μέσῳ τῆς αὐλῆς τοῦ ἱεροῦ ‘in the centre of the courtyard of the Temple’. In quot. a1382² at sense 1 after the corresponding specific use of classical Latin magna domus ‘great house’ in this sense (Vulgate, Sirach 50:20), itself after Hellenistic Greek πλείστος οἴκος (Septuagint).

With the.

†1. A temple; spec. the Temple of Solomon. Obsolete.

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society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > Jewish

templec897

great housea1382

tabernacle1388

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Chron. vi. 13 Salamon hadde maad þe brasene stondynge & hadde put it in þe myddel of þe grete hous [L. in medio basilicae].

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. l. 20 And thei largeden synging in ther voises; and in the grete hous [L. in magna domo; Gk. ἐν πλείστῳ οἴκῳ] is mad a vois ful of swetnesse.

c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 38 (MED) Þoo grete houses whech were rered up for errour or for uanyte schuld aftirward serue in betir use to worchip of god.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. v. 368 In this Temple or great house.

2. The largest or principal house in a group of buildings; the principal house of a district, usually that of a landed proprietor. Also: the principal house or home farm on an estate or plantation, esp. in the southern United States and the Caribbean. Cf. big house n. 1.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > large or palatial

palacec1300

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great house1623

mansion house1651

palazzo1657

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mansion1815

palacio1839

haveli1871

puri1935

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > manor house

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boroughc1175

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chemis1408

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manor house1575

seat1607

country seat1615

great house1623

mansion house1651

country house1664

manor-seata1667

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mansion-seat1697

hall-house1702

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ha'-house1814

manoir1830

manor hall1840

yashiki1863

seigneury1895

stately home1934

stately2009

1623 T. Powell Wheresoeuer you see Mee 59 The accommodations most excellent, either thorow the white Hart into the Couent-Garden,..or from the great house thorow the Swanne into Drury-lane.

1633 in Documents & Rec. New Hampsh. (1867) I. 77/1 In the Great House [are] 3 ruggs and 2 pentadoes, [etc.].

1634 in Documents & Rec. New Hampsh. (1867) I. 92 You have at the greate house 9 cowes.

1675 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 63 The houses and Land knowne by the name of the greate house w^th the blokhouse and kitching.

1760 G. Washington Writings (1889) II. 158 Running walls for Pallisades to them from the Great House & from the Great House to the Wash House and Kitchen.

1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. 26 Jan. in Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 99 We ran from the School-House round the Stable, & Kitchen & Great-House, which Distance is about 70 Rod.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) I. 251 The mansion of a neighbouring Baronet, awfully known to me by the name of the Great House.

1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. I. 161 To leeward of ‘the great house’. [note] The ‘great house’ is a term commonly applied by the Negroes to the proprietor's dwelling, in contradistinction to their own.

1877 L. J. Jennings Field Paths xiii. 178 ‘Why, Sir’, said he, ‘we be a goin' to kill him [sc. a sheep] directly after dinner for the great house’.

1908 Holiday Bull. 1908 (Houghton Mifflin Co.) 7/1 in Atlantic Monthly 102 The romantic, feudal life in the greathouse of a Mississippi cotton plantation is vividly painted.

1940 C. Hamilton Englishwoman ii. 21 Not even the comforts and amenities which are often provided in the ‘great house’ of today can overcome dislike of domestic service.

1962 Spectator 5 Oct. 461 Life in the greathouses [in Jamaica] has to this day the homespun paternalism of the seventeenth century.

2008 Caribbean Rev. Bks. May 35/2 He worked at Monteath's Kep estate,..first as a ‘house boy’ in the great house, then, as he approached adulthood, as a field labourer.

3. slang or regional. The workhouse. Cf. big house n. 2a. Now historical.

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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief > workhouse for poor

workhouse1631

house of industry1679

bastille1835

great house1838

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > workhouse

working-house1597

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house of industry1679

spin-house1702

parish house1709

poorhouse1727

poorshouse1732

house?1825

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pauper asylum1837

great house1838

union1839

big house1851

spiniken1859

spike1866

lump1874

1838 Minutes of Evidence 3 Apr. 12 in 17th Rep. Select Comm. Poor Law Amendment Act This old man is very kindly dealt with; he may work, and earn a shilling if he can; then if he does not like it, he can go to prison, that is, to the great house; so you see how much this poor man is benefited by the new law.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro III. xix. 232 ‘What do you mean by the great house?’ ‘The workhouse’.

1908 F. J. Gardiner Village Life in Fens xviii. 117 There were no old age pensions, but few almshouses available, and the last refuge was the great House, where, on the barrack system, the days of its occupants were passed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great house
释义	great housen. Brit. /ˌɡreɪt ˈhaʊs/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪt ˈhaʊs/ Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and house n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., house n.¹ Etymology: < great adj. + house n.¹In quot. a1382¹ at sense 1 ultimately rendering Hebrew ʿazārāh outer court (of the Temple) (2 Chronicles 4:9 and 6:13); the Septuagint has ἐν μέσῳ τῆς αὐλῆς τοῦ ἱεροῦ ‘in the centre of the courtyard of the Temple’. In quot. a1382² at sense 1 after the corresponding specific use of classical Latin magna domus ‘great house’ in this sense (Vulgate, Sirach 50:20), itself after Hellenistic Greek πλείστος οἴκος (Septuagint). With the. †1. A temple; spec. the Temple of Solomon. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > Jewish templec897 great housea1382 tabernacle1388 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Chron. vi. 13 Salamon hadde maad þe brasene stondynge & hadde put it in þe myddel of þe grete hous [L. in medio basilicae]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. l. 20 And thei largeden synging in ther voises; and in the grete hous [L. in magna domo; Gk. ἐν πλείστῳ οἴκῳ] is mad a vois ful of swetnesse. c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 38 (MED) Þoo grete houses whech were rered up for errour or for uanyte schuld aftirward serue in betir use to worchip of god. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. v. 368 In this Temple or great house. 2. The largest or principal house in a group of buildings; the principal house of a district, usually that of a landed proprietor. Also: the principal house or home farm on an estate or plantation, esp. in the southern United States and the Caribbean. Cf. big house n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > large or palatial palacec1300 dome1553 residencea1616 great house1623 mansion house1651 palazzo1657 châteauc1739 mansion1815 palacio1839 haveli1871 puri1935 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > manor house hallc1000 boroughc1175 court1297 manorc1300 palacec1300 mansion1375 placea1387 manor-place1392 chemis1408 head-place1463 mansion place1473 manse1490 court-hall1552 manery1563 manor house1575 seat1607 country seat1615 great house1623 mansion house1651 country house1664 manor-seata1667 place-house1675 mansion-seat1697 hall-house1702 big house1753 ha'-house1814 manoir1830 manor hall1840 yashiki1863 seigneury1895 stately home1934 stately2009 1623 T. Powell Wheresoeuer you see Mee 59 The accommodations most excellent, either thorow the white Hart into the Couent-Garden,..or from the great house thorow the Swanne into Drury-lane. 1633 in Documents & Rec. New Hampsh. (1867) I. 77/1 In the Great House [are] 3 ruggs and 2 pentadoes, [etc.]. 1634 in Documents & Rec. New Hampsh. (1867) I. 92 You have at the greate house 9 cowes. 1675 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 63 The houses and Land knowne by the name of the greate house w^th the blokhouse and kitching. 1760 G. Washington Writings (1889) II. 158 Running walls for Pallisades to them from the Great House & from the Great House to the Wash House and Kitchen. 1774 P. V. Fithian Jrnl. 26 Jan. in Jrnl. & Lett. (1900) 99 We ran from the School-House round the Stable, & Kitchen & Great-House, which Distance is about 70 Rod. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) I. 251 The mansion of a neighbouring Baronet, awfully known to me by the name of the Great House. 1834 T. Wentworth West India Sketch Bk. I. 161 To leeward of ‘the great house’. [note] The ‘great house’ is a term commonly applied by the Negroes to the proprietor's dwelling, in contradistinction to their own. 1877 L. J. Jennings Field Paths xiii. 178 ‘Why, Sir’, said he, ‘we be a goin' to kill him [sc. a sheep] directly after dinner for the great house’. 1908 Holiday Bull. 1908 (Houghton Mifflin Co.) 7/1 in Atlantic Monthly 102 The romantic, feudal life in the greathouse of a Mississippi cotton plantation is vividly painted. 1940 C. Hamilton Englishwoman ii. 21 Not even the comforts and amenities which are often provided in the ‘great house’ of today can overcome dislike of domestic service. 1962 Spectator 5 Oct. 461 Life in the greathouses [in Jamaica] has to this day the homespun paternalism of the seventeenth century. 2008 Caribbean Rev. Bks. May 35/2 He worked at Monteath's Kep estate,..first as a ‘house boy’ in the great house, then, as he approached adulthood, as a field labourer. 3. slang or regional. The workhouse. Cf. big house n. 2a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief > workhouse for poor workhouse1631 house of industry1679 bastille1835 great house1838 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > workhouse working-house1597 workhouse1631 house of industry1679 spin-house1702 parish house1709 poorhouse1727 poorshouse1732 house?1825 union workhouse1830 union house1835 pauper asylum1837 great house1838 union1839 big house1851 spiniken1859 spike1866 lump1874 1838 Minutes of Evidence 3 Apr. 12 in 17th Rep. Select Comm. Poor Law Amendment Act This old man is very kindly dealt with; he may work, and earn a shilling if he can; then if he does not like it, he can go to prison, that is, to the great house; so you see how much this poor man is benefited by the new law. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro III. xix. 232 ‘What do you mean by the great house?’ ‘The workhouse’. 1908 F. J. Gardiner Village Life in Fens xviii. 117 There were no old age pensions, but few almshouses available, and the last refuge was the great House, where, on the barrack system, the days of its occupants were passed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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