Stately
21stately — adjective a stately mansion on the hill Syn: dignified, majestic, ceremonious, courtly, imposing, impressive, solemn, awe inspiring, regal, elegant, grand, glorious, splendid, magnificent, resplendent; slow moving, measured, deliberate …
22stately — adj. (statelier, stateliest) dignified; imposing; grand. Phrases and idioms: stately home Brit. a large magnificent house, esp. one open to the public. Derivatives: stateliness n …
23stately home — stately homes N COUNT A stately home is a very large old house, especially one that people can pay to visit. [mainly BRIT] …
24stately home — n BrE a large house in the countryside in Britain which has historical interest, especially one open to the public …
25stately home — noun count a large house in the U.K. that has an interesting history and belongs, or used to belong, to an important family …
26stately home — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a large and fine house occupied or formerly occupied by an aristocratic family …
27stately home — noun a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ …
28Stately home — A stately home is, strictly speaking, one of about 500 large properties built in England between the mid 16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property (after the Dissolution of the… …
29stately homes — In Britain there are many large stately homes that belong or used to belong to upper class aristocratic families. The houses are called stately homes from the opening lines of a poem by Felicia Hemans (1793–1835): The stately homes of England How …
30stately home — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stately home : singular stately home plural stately homes a large house in the UK that has an interesting history and belongs, or used to belong, to an important family …
