\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.