Sentence examples for the three estates from inspiring English sources

What were the three "estates" of the Estates-General?

Charles rejected them outright, though in his answer he seemed to grant Parliament a coordinate power in government, making the king but one of the three estates.

Each of the three Estates could vote separately (by order) as they had in the distant past, or they could vote jointly (by head).

Before the adjudicating body, the "Tribunal of the Three Estates," and with widespread Swiss Protestant support, he successfully pressed the claims of King Frederick I of Prussia.

French Revolution period caricatures mainly concerning the three estates of France, the nationalization of church property, privileges of the clergy and nobility, despotism, the constitution of 1791, and the political process.

The same technique is used in the prose Quadrilogue invectif, written in 1422, the dialogue being between France and the three estates of the realm (clergy, nobility, and commoners).

The four estates remain the greatest brands in wine.

What about the land the two estates stand on?

However, on the ground, the differences between the two estates are not so obvious.

Each of the nine estates houses from four to eight guests and comprises a series of pavilions - for sleeping, dining, living, lounging and bathing.

November 11, 2011 Inside Housing reveals that H&F has given £38,000 to the residents' steering group that backs the demolition of the two estates.