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nouna 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
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"the family owned a large estate on Long Island"nounextensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
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nouneverything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilitiestype of:
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class land holding property belongings acres manor plantation hacienda realty commons homestead entail immovable fief barony stratum estate of the realm the three estates socio-economic class social class first estate lords temporal fourth estate second estate third estate lords spiritual demesne landed estate real estate real property crown land freehold seigneury seigniory signory smallholding feoff glebe countryseat leasehold net estate gross estate estate for life life estate jointure legal jointure