lie in state

present singular third person lies in state · participle present lying in state · past lay in state · participle past lain in state

1. intransitivesuch as a head of stateTo be ceremonially placed in a state building after death to allow the public to pay their respects, often followed by a state funeral.

   The body of the King was then taken to Westminster Hall to lie in state for three days.

   1952 April, “The Passing of King George VI”, in Railway Magazine, page 233

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   Representative Elijah E. Cummings, whose death on Thursday left both Republicans and Democrats mourning the loss of a lawmaker they praised as passionate and decent, will lie in state in the Capitol, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday. […] No African-Americans have lain in state in the Rotunda, and only two have lain there in honor: Mrs. Parks in 2005 and Officer Jacob Joseph Chestnut, a Capitol Police officer killed in the line of duty, in 1998.

   2019 October 19, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Cummings to Lie in State in the Capitol”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   The Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall in London from Wednesday at 5pm until 6:30am Monday 19 September.

   2022 September 12, “The Queen to lie in state in London: everything you need to know”, in The Guardian