Estate
Definition of Estate
Es`tate´ Pronunciation: ĕs`tāt´ | n. | 1. | Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. | | 2. | Social standing or rank; quality; dignity. | | 3. | A person of high rank. | | 4. | A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death. | | 5. | The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs. | | 6. | The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons. | | 7. | (Law) The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc. | | v. t. | 1. | To establish. | | 2. | Tom settle as a fortune. | | 3. | To endow with an estate. |
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