n. 1 property consisting of much land and usu. a large house. 2 modern residential or industrial area with an integrated design or purpose. 3 person’s assets and liabilities, esp. at death. 4 property where rubber, tea, grapes, etc., are cultivated. 5 order or class forming (or regarded as) part of the body politic. 6 archaic or literary state or position in life (the estate of holy matrimony). the Three Estates Lords Spiritual (the heads of the Church), Lords Temporal (the peerage), and the Commons. [French estat, from Latin sto flat stand]
