Category:Stanza

Stan"za, n.; pl. Stanzas. Etym: [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.)

Defn: an apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.