Definition of: estate

(es·tāt′) noun
1. One's entire property; a tract of land.
2. Property left after death.
3. Condition or state; social standing; rank; dignity.
4. A class or order of persons in a state.
5. Brit. The lords spiritual, lords temporal, and commons.
6. Law The degree, nature, and amount of one's lawful interest in any property.
7. Obs. Pomp; display. See synonyms under PROPERTY.
—third estate The commons, as distinguished from the clergy and the nobles, the first and the second estates.
—v.t. Obs. To set up in or as in an estate. [<OF estat <L status STATE]