单词 | to hold state |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold (high) state ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > exhibit or appear in splendour or magnificence [verb (intransitive)] triumph1483 to hold one's state1494 to keep (one's) state1549 princea1592 throne1821 pomp1922 1494 Loutfut MS f. 1v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Stat(e, Stait All solempnit festis and othir dais quhar the king haldis his state riall. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. ii. 23 The high promotion of his Grace of Canterbury, Who holds his State at dore 'mongst Purseuants, Pages, and Foot-boyes. View more context for this quotation 1789 J. St. John Mary, Queen of Scots ii. ii. 25 Here held his state Old John of Gaunt. a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) I. 22 The mists which on old Night await, Far to the West they hold their state. 1856 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 553/1 He went abroad, and lived almost entirely in Italy, where he held his state like one of the great old masters. 1897 H. Hayens Cleverly Sahib i. 9 Lahore, the princely city of the Punjab, where that powerful potentate held state. 1913 C. E. Pearce Polly Peachum xxiv. 296 Pierrepoint Lodge, where Miss Chudleigh held high state. 1994 J. Montgomery-Massingberd & C. S. Sykes Great Houses Eng. & Wales 172 The High Great Chamber, where Bess held state. 2001 L. James Warrior Race (2004) ii. 35 The lord of South Cadbury held his state in a great wooden rectangular hall where..he would have entertained his band of warriors. < as lemmas |
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