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{{you may|Time Lord|Chapterhouse|n1=a collective name for the Time Lords|n2=the living buildings used by Great Houses}} | {{you may|Time Lord|Chapterhouse|n1=a collective name for the Time Lords|n2=the living buildings used by Great Houses}} | ||
A '''Great House''' was a '''bloodline''' or '''Family''' of [[Time Lord]]s. Each House used its own [[Loom]]s to create new members. | A '''Great House''' was a '''bloodline''' or '''Family''' of [[Time Lord]]s. Each House used its own [[Loom]]s to create new members. The collective term "Great Houses" was often used as a word for [[Time Lord|Time Lord society and culture]]. | ||
The collective term "Great Houses" was often used as a word for [[Time Lord|Time Lord society and culture]]. | |||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
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Each Great House had a [[chapterhouse]] with which it shared an essential tie; if the chapterhouse fell into neglect, the House itself would unravel. [[Chatelaine]]s from other Houses were often assigned to maintain chapterhouses whose Great Houses had fallen into obscurity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | Each Great House had a [[chapterhouse]] with which it shared an essential tie; if the chapterhouse fell into neglect, the House itself would unravel. [[Chatelaine]]s from other Houses were often assigned to maintain chapterhouses whose Great Houses had fallen into obscurity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
{{quote|The bloodlines of [[the Homeworld|the Houseworld]] are more like a wave of some fundamental universal force than a family tree.|[[The Great Houses and Us]]|Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)}} | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
