grange
grange Lexical Profile
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British A country house or farmstead with its associated barns and outbuildings, historically an outlying agricultural estate belonging to a monastery or feudal lord.
"The old stone grange at the edge of the valley once stored grain and livestock for the nearby medieval abbey."
American A local chapter or lodge of the Patrons of Husbandry, an American agricultural fraternal organization founded in 1867 to advance farming and rural community interests.
"Local farmers gathered at the community grange every month to discuss crop prices and rural infrastructure."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Anglo-Norman and Old French grange ('barn, granary'), from Medieval Latin granea or granica, derived from Latin granum ('grain').
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