Estate

Quick meaning: Estate is a noun meaning The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.

Meaning

The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.

More Meanings

1. (now rare, archaic) state; condition.
2. (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
3. An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
4. (archaic) Status, rank.
5. (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
6. (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
7. (historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).

Example Sentences

Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.

God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.

Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.

But when I came to mans eſtate, With hey ho, [the winde and the raine], Gainſt Knaues and Theeues men ſhut their gate.

Word Forms

• estates
• estating
• estated

Synonyms for estate

Depending on context, synonyms include wagon, demesne, land, acres.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include demesne, land, acres, landownership, property, inheritance.

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