A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals
If you lodge somewhere, such as in someone else's house or if you are lodged there, you live there, usually paying rent. the story of the farming family she lodged with as a young teacher The building he was lodged in turned out to be a church
If someone lodges you somewhere, they give you a place to stay, for example because they are responsible for your safety or comfort. They lodged the delegates in different hotels