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estate of the realm
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Estates of the realm
The estates of the realm were the broad social orders of the hierarchically conceived society, recognised in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period in Christian Europe. There was no single system of dividing society into estates, and systems developed over time.
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estate of the realm
Noun
1. 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
(synonym) estate
(hypernym) class, social class, socio-economic class
(hyponym) press, fourth estate
(part-holonym) state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
