Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for State
state, n. [OFr < L. status, manner of standing, condition, to stand.] (webplay: dignity, estate, grandeur, high, mind, modest, monarchs, nations, pomp, rank, throne).
- Tranquility; peace.
- Pomp; grandeur; dignity.
- Condition; manner of existence; role; rank.
- Region; political body; government.
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