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first estate
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the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church a nation in which the first estate had long held a privileged position Synonyms church, cloth, clergy, ministry, spirituality, spiritualtyRelated Words diaconate, episcopate, hierarchy, presbytery; clerkship, monkhood, priesthoodAntonyms laity
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