estate

Noun

Synonyms: land landed estate acres demesne estate of the realm the three estates

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use“the family owned a large estate on Long Island”Synonyms: land landed estate acres demesne
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 rightsSynonyms: estate of the realm the three estates

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Estate \Es*tate"\ ([e^]s*t[=a]t"), n. [OF. estat, F. ['e]tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

1.Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. "When I came to man's estate." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.— Romans xii. 16.[1913 Webster]

2.Social standing or rank; quality; dignity. [1913 Webster]

God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

3.A person of high rank. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

She's a duchess, a great estate.— Latimer.[1913 Webster]

Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.— Mark vi. 21.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

See what a vast estate he left his son.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

5.The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

I call matters of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever . . . concerneth manifestly any great portion of people.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

6.pl. 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. [1913 Webster]

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. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]

The fourth estate, a name often given to the public press. [1913 Webster]

Estate \Es*tate"\, v. t.

1.To establish. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

2.Tom settle as a fortune. [Archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.To endow with an estate. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Then would I . . . Estate them with large land and territory.— Tennyson. Estatlich