1. 催事などにおける国のイスに迎えられる権利のある位の高い人(主権者または司教)の地位または権力(the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions)
2. 君主、司教などの公式の椅子(the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.)