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THE THREE ESTATES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights

Synonyms:

estate; estate of the realm; the three estates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("the three estates" is a kind of...):

class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "the three estates"):

first estate; Lords Spiritual (the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain)

Lords Temporal; second estate (the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain)

Commons; third estate (the common people)

fourth estate (the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers)

Holonyms ("the three estates" is a part of...):

body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)

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