Estate

//ɪˈsteɪt//

"Estate" in a Sentence (23 examples)

Apart from earning money, I have no interest in real estate.

Taro succeeded to his late father's estate.

The real estate broker was lavish in his spending in Ginza.

The real estate man told lies to the couple.

The estate was adjudged to the oldest son.

I don't know how to manage that large estate.

Edward succeeded to his uncle's estate.

My sixty-year-old aunt inherited the huge estate.

My aunt inherited the huge estate.

He succeeded to his estate.

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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.

To remove therfore if it be possible, this great and sad oppression which through the strictnes of a literall interpreting hath invaded and disturb’d the dearest and most peaceable estate of houshold society, to the over-burdening, if not the over-whelming of many Christians better worth then to be so deserted of the Churches considerate care, this position shall be laid down; first proving, then answering what may be objected either from Scripture or light of reason.

God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.

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.

I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.

The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.

It has been a long time since new follies were springing up across the great estates of Britain. But the owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.

Professor Loretta Lees from King's College London's geography department says, "The word 'estate' has become synonymous with the term 'ghetto'. It's become a dirty word. Back in the '20s and '30s it didn't carry the same stigma."

I call matter of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever[…]concerneth manifestly any great portion of people.

This time, however, it only includes the static parameters that you expect to be consistent across your estate.

an estate diamond; estate jewelry

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