Meaning of stately home | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of country house, especially one owned by the aristocracy
   British
2. A country house open to the visiting public.
   British

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Examples

“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.”

“The tax man's taken all my dough And left me in my stately home Lazing on a sunny afternoon”

“'There's just something nice about the idea that you can move⟳ without being seen - that you can go down there and come⟳ up here. I grew up in a stately home,' he continued without a trace of boastfulness, 'and there actually was a secret passage. [...]'”

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