second estate

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This second estate, an extension of land seized by King Henry III in 1265, encompasses 45,000 acres in England and Wales.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

Durazo's second estate, in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatanejo, dubbed "the Parthenon," features decorative fountains, statues and marble-and-gold bathrooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having kept his second estate, and filled the measure of his responsibilities in the flesh, he passes the veil of death, and enters a third estate, or probationary sphere.

From Key to the Science of Theology by Pratt, Parley P.

So now ex-Colonel Rodman, keeper of the national cemetery, viewed the little town in its second estate with philosophic eyes.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

This is called the second estate of man.

From A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Widtsoe, John A.