STATELY HOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stately home mean? 

• STATELY HOME (noun)
  The noun STATELY HOME has 1 sense:

1. a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family

  Familiarity information: STATELY HOME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATELY HOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stately home" is a kind of...):

hall; manse; mansion; mansion house; residence (a large and imposing house)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)