What does HOUSE mean?

noun

1. a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families“he has a house on Cape Cod”
2. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments“he worked for a brokerage house”
3. the members of a religious community living together
4. the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema“the house applauded”
5. an official assembly having legislative powers“a bicameral legislature has two houses”
6. aristocratic family line“the House of York”
7. play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults“the children were playing house”
8. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided