Usually means: Clergy in pre-revolutionary French society.
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  1. first estate: Merriam-Webster
  2. first estate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. first estate: Vocabulary.com
  4. first estate: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. first estate: Dictionary.com
  6. First Estate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. first estate: Rhymezone
  8. first estate: FreeDictionary.org
  9. first estate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. first estate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. first estate: Wiktionary

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noun:  The caste of clergy in medieval and early modern society, and in particular in France prior to 1789, as distinct from the nobility and the commoners.

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