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stanza

stan.za \'stan-z*\ \stan-'za--ik\ n [It, stay, abode, room, stanza, fr. 
   (assumed) VL stantia stay - more at] STANCE : a division of a poem 
   consisting of a series of lines arranged together i n a usu. recurring 
   pattern of meter and rhyme : STROPHE - stan.za.ic aj