| English noun: estate of the realm | 
| 1. | estate of the realm (group) 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 | 
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 | Synonyms | estate, the three estates | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | Commons, first estate, fourth estate, Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal, second estate, third estate | 
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 | Part meronym | body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state | 
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 | Domain region | Britain, France, French Republic, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 
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