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stan⋅za

  [stan-zuh]
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–noun Prosody.
an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
Origin:
1580–90; < It: room, station, stopping-place (pl. stanze) < VL *stantia, equiv. to L stant- (s. of stāns), prp. of stāre to stand + -ia -y 3

Related forms:
stanzaed, adjective
stan⋅za⋅ic  [stan-zey-ik] , stan⋅za⋅i⋅cal, adjective
stan⋅za⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
See verse.
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stan·za   (stān'zə)   
n.  One of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines.

[Italian; see stance.]
stan·za'ic (-zā'ĭk) adj.
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Cultural Dictionary

stanza

A group of lines of verse, usually set off from other groups by a space. The stanzas of a poem often have the same internal pattern of rhymes.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
stanza [ˈstænzə]

  1. n.
    an inning in baseball or some other division of a ball game. : He's doing better than he was in the last stanza.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

stanza 
"group of rhymed verse lines," 1588, from It. stanza "verse of a poem," originally "standing, stopping place," from V.L. *stantia "a stanza of verse," so called from the stop at the end of it, from L. stans (gen. stantis), prp. of stare "to stand" (see stet).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia

stanza

a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit. More specifically, a stanza usually is a group of lines arranged together in a recurring pattern of metrical lengths and a sequence of rhymes.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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