| 单词 | man, etc, of estate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman, etc., of estate a. Status, standing, position in the world; degree of rank; esp. exalted rank or dignity. Also in man, etc., of estate. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] estatec1230 statec1300 rowa1350 qualityc1425 calling1477 range1494 line1528 stature1533 respect1601 station1603 gradationa1616 ordinancea1616 repute1615 spherea1616 distance1635 impression1639 civils1650 footing1657 regimen1660 order1667 sect1709 caste1791 status1818 position1829 social status1833 standpoint1875 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 84 & te eadi iuhan in anlich stude as he wes alle þeose þreo estaz ofearnede him ane. c1368 G. Chaucer Compl. Pite 41 Wisdome, estaat, drede and gouernaunce. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 6949 His fadris astate he [sc. Eleazar] bere Til Iosue we speke of here. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) iv. xxix. 61 Of this statua or ymage it is, that men of hyhe power ben cleped men of estate. 1432 Paston Lett. No. 18 I. 34 Suche persones as for..their estate, owe of reson to be suffred to speke with the king. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 276 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 307 Ȝe be bothe of on astate. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 201/3 I had the estate of a clerke in the chyrche. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 543 So cam ther in an agit knyght, and hee Of gret esstat semyt for to bee. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. i. sig. Aiv All the inhabitantes of a realme..of what astate or condition so euer they be. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 40 O that estates, degrees, and offices, were not deriu'd corruptly. View more context for this quotation 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 1 If any man conceit, that Princes are priuiledged by their high estate, he is deceiued. < as lemmas |
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