estate
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
estate (plural estates)
- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person. [from 19thc.]
- (now rare, archaic) state; condition. [from 13thc.]
- c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
- But when I came to man's estate,. With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,. 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Romans 12:16:
- Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
- (archaic) Status, rank. [from 13thc.]
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions. [from 14thc.]
- (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman. [14th-17thc.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xj, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- And anone came oute of a chamber to hym the fayrest lady that euer he sawe & more rycher bysene than euer he sawe Quene Gueneuer or ony other estat Lo sayd they syre Bors here is the lady vnto whome we owe alle oure seruyse / and I trowe she be the rychest lady and the fayrest of alle the world
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Mark 6:21:
- Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xj, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVI:
- (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). [from 14thc.]
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p.115:
- I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p.202:
- The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p.115:
- (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land. [from 15thc.]
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18thc.]
- 2014 September 7, “Doddington's garden pyramid is a folly good show: The owners of a Lincolnshire stately home have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid [print edition: Great pyramid of Lincolnshire, 6 September 2014, p. G2]”, in The Daily Telegraph[1], London:
- It has been a long time since new follies were springing up across the great estates of Britain. But the owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.
- The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
- (Britain, sometimes derogatory) A housing estate. [from 20thc.]
- 2012 October 19, McDermott, Josephine, “London's new housing loses the 'dirty word'”, in BBC News[2]:
- Professor Loretta Lees from King's College London's geography department says, "The word 'estate' has become synonymous with the term 'ghetto'. It's become a dirty word. Back in the '20s and '30s it didn't carry the same stigma."
- (Britain, automotive) A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating). [from 20thc.]
- (obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
- I call matter of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever […] concerneth manifestly any great portion of people.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
SynonymsEdit
- (estate car) estate car, station sedan, station wagon, wagon
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
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one's possessions
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historical: major social class or order of persons
law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
(extensive) area of land under single ownership
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landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government
housing estate — see housing estate
body style of cars — see station wagon
AdjectiveEdit
estate (not comparable)
- (jewelry, euphemistic) Previously owned; secondhand.
- an estate diamond; estate jewelry
VerbEdit
estate (third-person singular simple present estates, present participle estating, simple past and past participle estated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give an estate to.
- (obsolete, transitive) To bestow upon.
See alsoEdit
- Estate (house) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
InterlinguaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian.
NounEdit
estate (plural estates)
See alsoEdit
Seasons in Interlingua · stationes del anno (layout · text) | |||
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primavera (“spring”) | estate (“summer”) | autumno (“autumn”) | hiberno (“winter”) |
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin aestātem, accusative of aestās (“summer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
estate f (plural estati)
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Seasons in Italian · stagioni (layout · text) | |||
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primavera (“spring”) | estate (“summer”) | autunno (“autumn”) | inverno (“winter”) |
AnagramsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- estate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
NovialEdit
NounEdit
estate (plural estates)
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VerbEdit
estate