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

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

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

a church established by or controlled by the government of a country.

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"

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

(archaic) Dignified, old-fashioned style

plural of state funeral

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