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stew·ard / ˈst(y)oōərd/ • n. 1. a person who looks after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train and brings them meals. ∎ a person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution. 2. an official appointed to supervise arrangements or keep order at a large public event, for example a sporting event. ∎ short for shop steward. 3. a person employed to manage another's property, esp. a large house or estate. ∎ a person whose responsibility it is to take care of something: farmers pride themselves on being stewards of the countryside. • v. [tr.] 1. (of an official) supervise arrangements or keep order at (a large public event): the event was organized and stewarded properly. 2. manage or look after (another's property). DERIVATIVES: stew·ard·ship n. |
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"steward." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "steward." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-steward.html "steward." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-steward.html |
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steward Someone who looks after property in business (1 Kgs. 16: 9) or a city treasury (Rom. 16: 23). Jesus told a parable (Luke 16: 1–8) of the Unjust Steward (‘manager’, NRSV). The word is also used in a metaphorical sense; a steward of divine mysteries (1 Cor. 4: 1) is one who has a divine commission in charge of the revelation. So Paul saw himself as a steward (1 Cor. 9: 17) who would one day have to give an account of his stewardship (1 Cor. 4: 3–4).
The OT does not imply that individuals have land or possessions on trust for God, with a responsibility of stewardship. But it does emphasize that land was passed on from generation to generation, so that Naboth resists King Ahab's desire to acquire his vineyard (I Kings 21). |
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "steward." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "steward." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-steward.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "steward." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-steward.html |
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steward a person employed to manage another person's property, especially a large house or estate; in the UK, an officer of the royal household, especially an administrator of Crown estates. Recorded from Old English (in form stīweard), the word comes from stig (probably in the sense ‘house, hall’) + weard ‘ward’.
unjust steward in a parable from Luke 16, a rich man's steward who, accused by his master of being thriftless and fearing destitution from being dismissed, arranges with his master's debtors to reduce the apparent amount of the debts they owe. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "steward." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "steward." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-steward.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "steward." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-steward.html |
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steward n.
1. a person who looks after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train and brings them meals. 2. an official appointed to supervise arrangements or keep order at a large public event, for example a sporting event. v. 1. (of an official) supervise arrangements or keep order at (a large public event): the event was organized and stewarded properly. 2. manage or look after (another's property). stewardship n. |
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"steward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "steward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-steward.html "steward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-steward.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "steward." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "steward." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-steward.html T. F. HOAD. "steward." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-steward.html |
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steward
•multi-layered
•beard, weird
•greybeard (US graybeard)
•bluebeard • Iliad • Olympiad • myriad
•period
•hamadryad, jeremiad, semi-retired, underwired, undesired, unexpired, uninspired
•coward, Howard, underpowered, unpowered
•froward
•leeward, steward
•gourd, Lourdes, self-assured, uncured, uninsured, unobscured, unsecured
•scabbard, tabard
•halberd • starboard
•unremembered • tribade • cupboard
•unencumbered, unnumbered
•good-natured, ill-natured
•Richard • pilchard • pochard • orchard
•unstructured • uncultured
•standard, sub-standard
•unconsidered • unhindered
•unordered • Stafford • Bradford
•Sandford, Sanford, Stanford
•Hartford, Hertford
•Bedford, Redford
•Telford • Wexford • Chelmsford
•Clifford • Pickford • Guildford
•Linford • Mitford • Hereford
•Longford • Oxford • Watford
•Crawford • Salford • Rutherford
•haggard, laggard
•niggard • unsugared • sluggard
•unmeasured • uninjured • tankard
•becard • bewhiskered • unconquered
•drunkard
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"steward." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "steward." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-steward.html "steward." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-steward.html |
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