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The following 12 entries include the term ofstate.
chief of state
noun phrase: the formal head of a national state as distinguished from the head of the government
ship of state
noun phrase: the affairs of a state symbolized as a ship on a course
cloth of state
: a rich cloth forming a canopy and background to a throne or chair of state
council of state
: an administrative or deliberative body for state matters : a governmental council considering high policy matters
equation of state
: an equation that expresses the relation between the pressure, temperature, and volume of a gas or liquid compare gas law sense c
great officer of state
: one of the nine officers in England that were originally officers of the royal household and include the lord high steward, lord high chancellor, lord high treasurer, lord president of the council, lord privy seal, lord great chamberlain, lord high constable, earl marshal, and lord high admiral
imperial crown of state
: imperial state crown
minister of state
noun: a British governmental official having a status between a minister and a parliamentary secretary and usually appointed to relieve a minister of portions of his departmental work
reason of state
: a motive for governmental action based on alleged needs or requirements of a political state regardless of possible transgressions of the rights or the moral codes of individual persons
Department of State
noun phrase: the part of the U.S. government that is responsible for how the U.S. deals with other countries
head of state
noun phrase: the leader of a country
Secretary of State
noun phrase: the head of the U.S. government department that is in charge of how the country relates to and deals with foreign countries
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