stately (adj.)
- aristocratic
- august
- awe-inspiring
- awesome
- awful
- barbaric
- ceremonial
- ceremonious
- conventional
- courtly
- decorous
- deluxe
- dignified
- distinguished
- elaborate
- elegant
- elevated
- extravagant
- fancy
- fine
- formal
- gallant
- glorious
- gracious
- grand
- grandiose
- grave
- hieratic
- imperial
- imposing
- impressive
- inspiring
- kingly
- lofty
- lordly
- luxurious
- magisterial
- magnificent
- majestic
- moving
- noble
- palatial
- plush
- pompous
- posh
- princely
- proud
- queenly
- regal
- ritual
- ritualistic
- ritzy
- royal
- sacerdotal
- sedate
- serious
- sober
- solemn
- splendid
- splendiferous
- statuesque
- striking
- sublime
- sumptuous
- superb
- superfine
- swank
- swanky
- swell
- venerable
- weighty
- well-mannered
- worthy
Stately and tall he moves in the hall,
The chief of a thousand for grace.
The stately homes of England,—
How beautiful they stand,
Amid their tall ancestral trees,
O'er all the pleasant land!
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree,
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
