first estate

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of FIRST ESTATE

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 church, cloth, first estate, ministry, spirituality, spiritualty

Related Words diaconate, episcopate, hierarchy, presbytery; clerkship, monkhood, priesthood

Antonyms laity

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