A number of recommendations are made to improve the analysis of the continuum, to clarify the concept and to situate the continuum in the context of other metaphors of land as property. Recommendations are also made about a further examination of the graphical representation of the continuum.
STEWARD. 1  In the OT [OT Old Testament] a steward is a man who is âover a houseâ (Gn. 2  In the NT [NT New Testament] there are two words translated steward: 3  epitropos (Mt. 20:8; Gal. 4:2), i.e. one to whose care or honour one has been entrusted, a curator, a guardian; and.
History of the term [edit]. Stewardship was originally made up of the tasks of a domestic steward, from stiÄ¡ (house, hall) and weard, (ward, guard, guardian, keeper).Stewardship in the beginning referred to the household servantâs duties for bringing food and drink to the castleâs dining hall.tewardship is an ethic that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources.