colonial state

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co•lo•ni•al adj.

Government of or relating to a colony or colonies:[before a noun]colonial expansion.
American History of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America, or to their period:[before a noun* often: Colonial]the Colonial legislatures.

co•lo•ni•al•ly, adv.

co•lo•ni•al adj.

Governmentof, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies:the colonial policies of France.
Governmentof, concerning, or pertaining to colonialism;
colonialistic.
Ecology, American History(often cap.) pertaining to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America, or to their period.
[Ecol.]forming a colony.
Architecture, Architecture, Furniture(cap.)
- noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, ornament, and furnishings of the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries, mainly adapted to local materials and demands from prevailing English styles.
- noting or pertaining to various imitations of the work of American colonial artisans.

co•lo′ni•al•ly, adv.

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colonial /kəˈləʊnɪəl/ adj

of, characteristic of, relating to, possessing, or inhabiting a colony or colonies
(often capital) characteristic of or relating to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America (1776)
(often capital) of or relating to the colonies of the British Empire
denoting, relating to, or having the style of Neoclassical architecture used in the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries
of or relating to the period of Australian history before Federation (1901)
(of animals and plants) having become established in a community in a new environment

coˈlonially adv

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