estate
/ɪˈsteɪt/ noun B2- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
- A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).
- The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
- The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
- An organization's collective information technology resources.
Plural estates
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Part of this venerable building dates back to the time of the first crusade, when Hugo de Capus built a fortalice in the centre of the estate, which had been granted to him by the Red King.
WHEN I am grown to man's estate
“The family was at one time among the richest in England, and the estates extended over the borders into Berkshire in the north, and Hampshire in the west.
He had no friends at all save the wandering gipsies, and he would give these vagabonds leave to encamp upon the few acres of bramble-covered land which represent the family estate, and would accept in return the hospitality of their tents, wandering away with them sometimes for weeks on end.
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