Etymology of Estate

early 13c., "rank, standing, condition," from Anglo-French astat, Old French estat "state, position, condition, health, status, legal estate" (13c., Modern French état), from Latin status "state or condition, position, place; social position of the aristocracy," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm."

The three estates (in Sweden and Aragon, four) conceived as orders in the body politic date from late 14c. In France, 👉they are the clergy, nobles, and townsmen; in England, originally the clergy, barons, and commons, later Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal, and commons.👈 For Fourth Estate see four.
also from early 13c.

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