second estate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
This second estate, an extension of land seized by King Henry III in 1265, encompasses 45,000 acres in England and Wales.
From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023
Durazo's second estate, in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatanejo, dubbed "the Parthenon," features decorative fountains, statues and marble-and-gold bathrooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
In passing the veil which separates between the first and second estates, man becomes unconscious, and, on awakening in his second estate, a veil is wisely thrown over all the past.
From Key to the Science of Theology by Pratt, Parley P.
The voice of the warriors constituted a counterbalance, or species of second estate.
From An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem by Hosmer, William H. C. (William Howe Cuyler)
"That a month ago Eric took over his father's second estate by the Immensee."
From Immensee by Storm, Theodor
