State

State is a term nearly synonymous with "mode," but of a meaning more extensive, and is not exclusively limited to the mutable and contingent.

Declare the past and present state of things.

Keep the state of the question in your eye.

Thy honor, state, and seat is due to me.

She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet with a modest sense of his misfortunes.

Can this imperious lord forget to reign,
Quit all his state, descend, and serve again?

Where least of state there most of love is shown.

His high throne, . . . under state
Of richest texture spread.

When he went to court, he used to kick away the state, and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.

Your state, my lord, again is yours.

The bold design
Pleased highly those infernal states.

Well monarchies may own religion's name,
But states are atheists in their very fame.

Municipal law is a rule of conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state.

The Puritans in the reign of Mary, driven from their homes, sought an asylum in Geneva, where they found a state without a king, and a church without a bishop.

I do not, brother,
Infer as if I thought my sister's state
Secure without all doubt or controversy.

We hoped to enjoy with ease what, in our situation, might be called the luxuries of life.

And, O, what man's condition can be worse
Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?

I myself, though meanest stated,
And in court now almost hated.

Who calls the council, states the certain day.