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Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain wordnet

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lords spiritual

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third estatesthird estate