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first estate

NOUN
former social class
Synonyms
WEAK
clergy lords spiritual

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When I attended my first estate sale in November at a Beverly Hills home, a stunning vintage Teac A-7010 tape recorder caught my attention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2023

Anson MacAuslan was among the first estate managers to secure funding from Peatland Action — a project funded by the Scottish government to restore peatlands.

From Nature • Feb. 11, 2020

"And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; ... and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever."

From Added Upon A Story by Anderson, Nephi

But the power which it wields is so enormous and so widespread that it would be nearer the truth to concede to it the dignity of the first estate.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various

They walked hand in hand for the last time in this, their first estate.

From Added Upon A Story by Anderson, Nephi