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stately homes

stately homes is the plural of stately home.

Meaning of stately home

Noun

stately home (plural stately homes)

  1. (UK) Synonym of country house, especially one owned by the aristocracy
    • The stately homes of England
      How beautiful they stand,
      To prove the upper classes
      Have still the upper hand,
      Tho' the fact that they have to be rebuilt
      And frequently mortgaged to the hilt
      Is inclined to take the guilt
      Off the gingerbread.1937, Noël Coward, Operette
    Synonyms:
    country house
  2. (UK) A country house open to the visiting public.

Questions about stately homes

What is stately homes the plural of?
Stately homes is the plural of stately home.

Words near stately homes in the dictionary

  1. stately
  2. stately bush brown
  3. stately elm
  4. stately elms
  5. stately home
  6. stately homes
  7. stateman
  8. statemate
  9. statemates
  10. statemen
  11. statement

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