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first estate

n. the first of the three estates of the realm; the clergy in France and the lords spiritual in Britain [syn: lords spiritual]

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Besides, on the first estate the conditions were relatively good, and the men didn't complain among themselves.

The Angels who kept not their First Estate, by Sin against God, lost their primitive purity, and glorious Excellency, as to their moral qualifications, and became unclean, wicked, envious, lyars, and full of all wickedness, which as Spirits they are capable of.