Definition of "household"

Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule.

1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 5

And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.

1732, Jonathan Swift, The Beasts' Confession to the Priest

In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, / My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene vi], line 39

Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,But he’ll remember with advantagesWhat feats he did that day. Then shall our names,Familiar in his mouth as household words,Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.

1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene iii]