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Word: Estate
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in the sense ‘state or condition’): from Old French estat, from Latin status ‘state, condition’, from stare ‘to stand’
ɪˈsteɪt
ɛˈsteɪt
an extensive area of land in the country, usually with a large house, owned by one person, family, or organization.
Short Definition:land in country
all the money and property owned by a particular person, especially at death
Short Definition:money and property
Examples:- in his will, he divided his estate between his wife and daughter
a class or order regarded as forming part of the body politic, in particular (in Britain), one of the three groups constituting Parliament, now the Lords spiritual (the heads of the Church), the Lords temporal (the peerage), and the Commons. They are also known as the three estates
Short Definition:part of body politic
Examples:- the unions are no longer an estate of the realm
a particular state, period, or condition in life
Short Definition:condition in life
Examples:- programmes for the improvement of man's estate
- the holy estate of matrimony
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