estate sb. (1 and 4 are the commonest uses)
1.
state
or condition
Mer.V. III. ii. 317
“my is very
low,”
R2 III. iv. 42,
H5 IV. i. 100
“what thinks he of our
?,”
Cor. II. i. 127,
Lr. V. iii. 211
“seen me in my worst
”
;
Tw.N. V. i. 405
“man's ”
(= manhood); spec. good or settled condition
Mac. V. v. 50.
2.
status, rank,
dignity, esp. high rank
Mer.V. II. ix. 41
“e-s, degrees, and
offices,”
Mac. I. iv. 37, Ham. III. ii. 277, V. i. 243.
3.
class or rank of
persons (in “all e-s”）
LLL. V. ii. 853, R3 III. vii. 212.
5.
administration of
government Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 413, John IV. ii.
128, R3 II. ii. 127,
H8 II. ii. 70
“business of ,”
Ham. III. iii. 5
“The terms of our ”
