stately
Example Sentences
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In the 1930s, the white matriarchs of tiny Natchez, Miss. — one of the 19th century’s wealthiest American towns thanks to the slavery-driven cotton trade — opened their stately antebellum mansions to save themselves from economic ruin.
From Los Angeles Times
LONDON—On Monday, as fresh disclosures about ex-Prince Andrew’s dealings with Jeffrey Epstein dominated headlines in Britain, the former duke went for a ride on his horse outside his 30-room stately residence in Windsor.
Most were gray-haired, faces lined with time and learning: they looked stately, implacable.
From Literature
The glitzy Sphere suits Las Vegas; a new football arena along classical lines would befit Washington, which Frederick Douglass praised for “its lofty domes and stately pillars.”
"A lot of stately homes will have that system," says Niki Johnson, fire systems technical adviser for the UK Fire Association, a trade body, and owner of fire detection firm Derventio Fire and Security.
From BBC
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