Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun first_estate

1 sense of first estate

Sense 1
first estate, Lords Spiritual -- (the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain)
       => estate of the realm, estate, the three estates -- (a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights)