Statiʹra.

A stock name of those historical romances which represented the fate of empires as turning on the effects produced on a crack-brained lover by some charming Mandaʹna or Statira. In La Calprenède’s Cassandra, Statira is represented as the perfection of female beauty, and is ultimately married to Oroondaʹtes.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Star of Bethlehem (The)
Star of the South
Stars and Garters! (My)
Stars and Stripes (The) or the Star-spangled Banner
Starboard and Larboard
Starch
Starry Sphere
Starvation Dundas
Starved with Cold
Stations
Statira
Stator [the stopper or arrestor]
Statue
Status of Great Men
Statute Fairs
Steak
Steal
Steal a Horse
Steal a March on One (To)
Steam-kettles
Steelyard