the three estates

1. 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 (synset 108184264)
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   • britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
   • france, french republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
   is a type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum - people having the same social, economic, or educational status
   subtypes:

   • first estate, lords spiritual - the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain
   • lords temporal, second estate - the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain
   • commons, third estate - the common people
   • fourth estate - the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers
   is a part of: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state - a politically organized body of people under a single government
   same as: estate, estate of the realm

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