semi-state

The wedding will be what was termed a "semi-state" occasion.

Royal wedding set to be a 'semi-state occasion' at Westminster Abbey Stephen Bates 2010

Hezbollah, the Shia semi-state living within Lebanese borders, was reported to have received Scud missiles from Syria and/or Iran.

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka: Foreign Affairs Roundup Christopher Herbert 2010

Hezbollah, the Shia semi-state living within Lebanese borders, was reported to have received Scud missiles from Syria and/or Iran.

Foreign Affairs Roundup 2010

Hezbollah, the Shia semi-state living within Lebanese borders, was reported to have received Scud missiles from Syria and/or Iran.

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka: Foreign Affairs Roundup Christopher Herbert 2010

Hezbollah, the Shia semi-state living within Lebanese borders, was reported to have received Scud missiles from Syria and/or Iran.

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka: Foreign Affairs Roundup 2010

Actually I am not sure whether it is that I like working under pressure or in a semi-state of chaos.

What Brand of Panic Are You Smoking? 2009

The wisdom of this is doubtful even for a private company, but its insane for a semi-state body to be doing it.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Treasury Inc. cont’d: Does Citi make cheaper loans in Battleground States? 2009

He said the family was discussing with the Presidency plans for a semi-state funeral, which would be held in Kroonstad - probably on

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

Not only is the government hostile to any group with foreign links, it has blurred the lines with a semi-state umbrella body that manages the theoretically independent NGO sector

NGO Numbers Wane in Uzbekistan IWPR 2008

"That would be the sensible thing, to keep the civil servants and the leadership in semi-state institutions in their positions at this stage, and not effect broad-ranging changes," he said.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008