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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stanza
n : a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
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