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es·tate (ə stāt′, i-)
noun
- state or condition to restore the theater to its former estate
- a condition or stage of life to come to man's estate
- status or rank
- Historical esp. in feudal times, any of the three social classes having specific political powers: the first estate was the Lords Spiritual (clergy), the second estate the Lords Temporal (nobility), and the third estate the Commons (bourgeoisie)
- property; possessions; capital; fortune
- the assets and liabilities of a dead or bankrupt person
- landed property; individually owned piece of land containing a residence, esp. one that is large and maintained by great wealth
- Brit. development (sense )
- Archaic display of wealth; pomp
- Law
- the degree, nature, extent, and quality of interest or ownership that one has in land or other property
- all the property, real or personal, owned by one
Etymology: ME & OFr estat, state
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estate
n.
An extensive residence
holdings, land, property, manor, grounds, domain, farm, rural seat, country place, country home, plantation, ranch, hacienda, freehold, territory, fields, realty. Possessions left at one's death
property, bequest, inheritance, fortune, endowment, wealth, legacy, heritage, patrimony, belongings, possessions, chattels, effects, earthly possessions, personal property, private property.
the fourth estate
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Converse of object
- inherit: Henham Estate have been threatening some sort of festival ever since some young buck inherited the estate.
Preposition: in
- barony: This estate ' marched ' or was intermingled with Sir Michael's own patrimonial estate in the barony of Clanawley.
Adjective modifier
- real: Real estate in to become what no chance the.
Modifies a noun
- agent: Sole agency The estate agent is the only agent with the right to sell your property.
Noun used with modifier
- housing: Large modern housing estates adjacent to the school contrast with the farm land opposite the site.
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The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, And ordered their estate.
A legal gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies, and keeps it himself.
In case my godson Philip Stanhope shall at anytime keep or be concerned in keeping any racehorse or pack of hounds, or reside one night at Newmarket, that infamous seminary of iniquity and ill-manners, during the course of the races there, or shall resort to the said races or shall lose in one dayat any game or bet whatsoever the sum of »500 then in any of the cases aforesaid it is my express will that he, my said godson, shall forfeit and pay out of my estate the sum of »50,000 to and for the use of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.
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