estates

Main Entry:: ¹es·tate
Pronunciation:: \i-ˈstāt\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English estat, from Anglo-French — more at state
Date:: 13th century

1: state, condition2: social standing or rank especially of a high order3: a social or political class; specifically : one of the great classes (as the nobility, the clergy, and the commons) formerly vested with distinct political powers4 a: the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in land or other property b (1): possessions, property; especially : a person's property in land and tenements <a man of small estate> (2): the assets and liabilities left by a person at death c: a landed property usually with a large house on it dBritish : project 45British : station wagon6: farm, plantation; also : vineyard

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