grange / grānj/ • n. 1. [usu. in names] Brit. a country house with farm buildings attached: Biddulph Grange. ∎ hist. an outlying farm with tithe barns, belonging to a monastery or feudal lord. ∎ archaic a barn.2. (the Grange) (in the U.S.) a farmers' association organized in 1867. The Grange sponsors social activities, community service, and political lobbying. Officially called the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. ∎  a local lodge of this association.

grange (arch.) granary; farming establishment XIII; outlying farmhouse of an estate XIV. — (O)F. :- medL. grānica, sb. use of fem. of *grānicus pert. to grain, f. grānum GRAIN.