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the three estates
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun the three estates has 1 sense
- the three estates(n = noun.group) estate, estate of the realm - 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; Array is a kind of class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum
has particulars: first estate, lords spiritual, lords temporal, second estate, commons, third estate, fourth estate
is a part of body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state
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