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The three estates

noun

A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights. Synonyms: estate, estate of the realm.

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... establishment of a complete financial system. The Assembly, which thus transferred the administration of all matters of taxation from the people at large to the King, did not consist of a combination of the three estates, but simply of persons of position—namely, prelates, nobles, and bourgeois of Paris, in addition to the leading magistrates of ...

— Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period • Paul Lacroix

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