stanza : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stanza	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stanza
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stanza n a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stanza \Stan"za\, n.; pl. {Stanzas}. [It. stanza a room, habitation, a stanza, i. e., a stop, fr. L. stans, p. pr. of stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Estancia}, {Stance}, {Stanchion}.] 1. A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure. Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode. --Dryden. 2. (Arch.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.