With pomp and ceremony. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, state.

(US) Existing or occurring within a single US state. / (US) Of or from the state where an institution is located, especially a public or state-funded college or university.

(informal) Arkansas State University.

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

plural of stately home

Bicyclus xeneas, a species of tropical African butterfly.

(historical) Former name of Trucial Oman. A collection of former protectorates (since the 1820 General Maritime Treaty) of the United Kingdom, comprising most of the small Arab coastal states (then sheikhdoms) located along the Persian Gulf. The precursor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

plural of Trucial State

(in the singular, formerly also plural) Ellipsis of United States of America. / (in the plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America.

A state consisting of one or more islands