dwelling house

American  

noun

1. a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.

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Etymology

Origin of dwelling house

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

Hundreds packed the dwelling house at the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake to celebrate the life of Sister Frances Carr after her death at 89.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2017

The land was first developed in 1784, when John Denison built a structure that would serve as a hatter’s shop, dwelling house and single-family home until 1959.

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2017

One provision of that law prohibits discharging a firearm “so that a shot, slug or bullet lands upon any occupied dwelling, house, or residence, or any barn, stable or other building used in connection therewith.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2013

Said he: "The entry into the dwelling house and the search of it were unjustifiable and illegal . . . therefore I have ordered the evidence found to be suppressed."

From Time Magazine Archive

The tomb, for example, was thought of as the real dwelling house, “the eternal house of the dead”; the houses of the living were merely “wayside inns.”

From Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Breck, Joseph