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How to use householder in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Householder means the owner of a house. Example: “Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi.”

More sentences with householder

  • Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi.2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 56. From the entry sannyasi
  • The responsibilities of being a householder should now be passed on to the children,’ she said.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 263. From the entry vanaprastha
  • He measured his actions with a critical eye and was an exemplary citizen and householder.2009 May 26, Demetra Tzanaki, Women and Nationalism in the Making of Modern Greece: The Founding of the Kingdom to the Greco-Turkish War…. From the entry measure
  • There was, apparently, only one householder at all events of that name in the neighbourhood of London.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry unearth
  • The Audit Commission has described the situation facing householders as a ‘postcode lottery’ but there is a discernible trend.1999, “Managing the Urban Environment”, in Towards an Urban Renaissance: Final Report of the Urban Task Force Chaired by Lord Rogers of…. From the entry postcode lottery
  • Ordering the new householder to re-envelope the mail and pay another 43 cents was a stroke of genius.1993 February 25, Don Lander, “Curing Canadians of mail mania”, in The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont., published 1 March 1993, page A8. From the entry envelope
  • When staying all night with a friend, a girl must obtain permission from her househead and the housemother or householder.1951, John Cowgill Clevenger, Student Personnel Services - Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College. From the entry househead
  • He suggested that, in the interests of hygiene, a campaign for the provision by householders of suitable dustboxes should be carried out.1951 December 1, The Record, Emerald Hill, Vic, page 6, column 4. From the entry dustbox
  • Then the warhero, Wiglaf, ordered many of the fightingmen, faithful comrades, who were householders, that they heap up wood, fetched from afar, for the folk chieftain, for their hero-king.2010, Ruth P.M. Legmann, Beowulf: An Imitative Translation, page 104. From the entry warhero
  • Formerly the domain of cooks, undercooks, and scullery maids, it wasn't even a room a householder would lay claim to, much less single out with items of personal interest.2002, Helen Thompson, Anna Kasabian, Cooking spaces: designs for cooking, entertaining, and living, page 67. From the entry undercook
  • In the United States and Israel, however, insiders view one who leaves the yeshiva or kollel for outside employment and thus becomes a balabos, a lay householder, as a flop.2004, Martin E. Marty, R. Scott Appleby, “By Torah Alone: Yeshiva Fundamentalism in Jewish Life”, in Accounting for Fundamentalisms: The…. From the entry balabos

Meaning of householder

  1. noun The owner of a house.
  2. noun The head of a household.
  3. noun A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha.

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Questions about householder in a sentence

How do you use householder in a sentence?
Householder is used as a noun. For example: “Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi.”
What is a short sentence with householder?
“Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi.”
What does householder mean?
Householder means the owner of a house.

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