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  • 1stately mansion — Palace …

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  • 2Mansion House, London — Coordinates: 51°30′47.7″N 0°5′21.7″W / 51.51325°N 0.089361°W / 51.51325; 0.089361 …

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  • 3stately — [[t]ste͟ɪtli[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something or someone that is stately is impressive and graceful or dignified. Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running. ...a stately mansion …

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  • 4stately — 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 …

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  • 5mansion — mid 14c., chief residence of a lord, from O.Fr. mansion stay, permanent abode, house, habitation, home; mansion; state, situation (13c.), from L. mansionem (nom. mansio) a staying, a remaining, night quarters, station, noun of action from pp.… …

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  • 6mansion — [man′shən] n. [ME mansioun < OFr mansion < L mansio, a sojourn, dwelling < pp. of manere, to remain, dwell: see MANOR] 1. Archaic a manor house 2. a large, imposing house; stately residence 3. Archaic a) a dwelling place b) …

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  • 7stately 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: ↑ …

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  • 8Mansion — For the Chinese astronomical use, see Twenty eight mansions. For the kind of video game with the name Mansion , see Luigi s Mansion. Waddesdon Manor, one of the many mansions of the Rothschild family A mansion is a very large dwelling hou …

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  • 9mansion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge, large ▪ 30 room, etc. ▪ grand, stately ▪ …

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  • 10mansion — /man sheuhn/, n. 1. a very large, impressive, or stately residence. 2. See manor house. 3. Often, mansions. Brit. a large building with many apartments; apartment house. 4. Oriental and Medieval Astron. each of 28 divisions of the ecliptic… …

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