first estate

noun

the first of the three estates: the clergy in France; the Lords Spiritual in England. Compare estate ( def 5 ).

Origin:
1930–35

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first estate

—n
	the first of the three estates of the realm, such as the Lords Spiritual in England or the clergy in France until the revolution

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"I'll sing you a new ballad, and I'll warrant it first-rate,
Of the days of that old gentleman who had that old estate;
When they spent the public money at a bountiful old rate
On ev'ry mistress, pimp, and scamp, at ev'ry noble gate,
In the fine old English Tory times;"

-Charles Dickens

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