Usually means: Public display of deceased dignitary.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lying-in-state: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Lying in State, Lying-in-state, Lying in state: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Lying in state: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Lying in state: Legal dictionary

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  1. Lying in state: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lying in state: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lying in state, Lying in state: Idioms

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  1. lying in state: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wikipedia (Lying in state)

noun:  the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects.


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