lying in state

C10318
concept

Lying in state is the ceremonial public display of a deceased person's body, typically a prominent public figure, in an official building to allow the public to pay their respects.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
lying in state canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: lying in state
Generated description
Lying in state is the ceremonial public display of a deceased person's body, typically a prominent public figure, in an official building to allow the public to pay their respects.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
lying-in-state of George VI
lying-in-state of Elizabeth II