请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 first estate
释义

first estate

noun

often capitalized F&E
: the first of the traditional political estates
specifically : clergy

Synonyms

  • church
  • clergy
  • cloth
  • ministry
  • spirituality
  • spiritualty
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

a nation in which the first estate had long held a privileged position

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

first estate

noun

as in clergy
the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church a nation in which the first estate had long held a privileged position

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • clergy
  • church
  • spirituality
  • ministry
  • episcopate
  • priesthood
  • spiritualty
  • cloth
  • hierarchy
  • presbytery
  • diaconate
  • clerkship
  • monkhood

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • laity
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 9:11:31