"stately home" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: stately homes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stately home (plural stately homes)
  1. (British) Synonym of country house, especially one owned by the aristocracy Tags: British Categories (topical): Housing Synonyms: country house [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-stately_home-en-noun-b0HSAG8x Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1937, Noël Coward, Operette:",
          "text": "The stately homes of England\nHow beautiful they stand,\nTo prove the upper classes\nHave still the upper hand,\nTho' the fact that they have to be rebuilt\nAnd frequently mortgaged to the hilt\nIs inclined to take the guilt\nOff the gingerbread.",
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