noun
The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
state; condition.
But when I came to mans eſtate, With hey ho, [the winde and the raine], Gainſt Knaues and Theeues men ſhut their gate.
Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
Status, rank.
God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.
The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
And anone came oute of a chamber to hym the fayrest lady that euer he sawe & more rycher bysene than euer he sawe Quene Gueneuer or ony other estat Lo sayd they syre Bors here is the lady vnto whome we owe alle oure seruyse / and I trowe she be the rychest lady and the fayrest of alle the world
Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
adj
Previously owned; secondhand.
an estate diamond; estate jewelry
verb
To give an estate to.
To bestow upon.