Definition of the three estates The three estates
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| the three estates - 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 | ||
| estate of the realm, estate | ||
| social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) | ||
| body politic, res publica, commonwealth, nation, country, state, land a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | ||
| britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain 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 | ||
| french republic, france a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe | ||
| 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 | ||
| third estate, commons the common people | ||
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