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(noun) A segment of a social hierarchy with legal rights and obligations.

The estates in France until the French Revolution (1789–1799) were the clergy (First Estate), nobility (Second Estate), and commoners (Third Estate). The estate system is referred to as the Ancien Régime (Old Regime).

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ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2017. “estate.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 23, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/estate/).

APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)

estate. (2017). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/estate/

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Bell, Kenton, ed. 2017. “estate.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/estate/.

MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)

“estate.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2017. Web. 23 Apr. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/estate/>.