A public funeral ceremony held to honour individuals of national significance.

(US) the border between two states in the United States of America.

plural of state line

(Britain) Synonym of country house, especially one owned by the aristocracy

plural of slave state

(US, historical) Prior to the American Civil War, any of the states in which the owning of slaves was legal.

(philosophy, religion, law) The way that people lived before there was any organized society.

(archaic, dated, depreciated) The U.S. state of Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia

Synonym of state-owned enterprise.

(Ireland) state-owned but managed independently along commercial lines / ceremonial, but somewhat less ornate, formal, or prestigious than would be classed as "state"