Estate

[Fr. état; O. Fr. est at, from Lat. status-sto, to stand.] A standing; position; state; condition; fixedne ; established condition; condition or circumstances of any person or thing; rank; quality; as, "fallen from his estate." ( Dryden.) - Landed or other property; po e ions; domain: fortune; title or interest which a person has in lands, tenements, stock, .; as, a fine estate, a bankrupt's estate, . -An order or cla of men in the body politic, as nobles and commoners, patricians and plebeians. "Lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee."- Mark vi. 21. -Po e ions of a prince or monarch; as, the estates of the realm. (Law.) The word estate has several meanings. 1. In its most extensive sense, it is applied to signify everything of which riches or fortune may consist, and includes personal and real property; hence we say, per sonal estate, real estate. 2. In its more limited sense, it is applied to lands. It is so applied in two senses. The first describes or points out the land itself, without ascertaining the extent or value of the interest therein; as, "my estate at A." The second, which is, the proper and technical meaning of estate, is the degree, quantity, nature, and extent of interest which one has in real property; as, an estate in fee, whether the same be a fee-simple or fee-tail, or an estate for life or for years. Este, ( est,) a river of Hanover, enters the Elbe abt. 6 m. from Altona. she in their behalf supplicated the king, who revoked the decree, and ordered Haman to be hanged on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. In memory of this deliverance, the Jews celebrate the yearly feast of Purim. Esther, (Book of.) ( Script .) One of the historical books of the Old Testament, placed after that of Nehe- miah, and containing the history of the above Jewe . According to the opinions of the most learned and un- prejudiced critics, the date of its composition must be placed after the downfall of the Persian monarchy. The language is much later than that of Ezra, to which it has been attributed, and the fact of occasional explana- tions of Persian customs fits the period of the Seleucida better than an earlier one. The Hebrew text is that which has been followed in the English version; but the Septuagint is full of late interpolations and additions by Alexandrian Jews. The book is held in the highest reverence by the Jews; so much so, that Maim on ides declared that, in the days of the Me iah, every Jewish scripture would be forgotten except the book of Esther and the Pent a teuch. The book is not written in a theo- cratic spirit, like the rest of Jewish literature. Nothing is directly attributed to God; in fact, his name is not once mentioned. Neither is there the remotest trace of religious feeling of any kind. Es'therville, in low a , a post-village, cap. of Emmett co., about 40 m. N.W. of Algona. Esthetic, a . Relating to the science which treats of taste and beauty. Esthetics, n. sing . See ÆSTHETICS. Esthonia, (es- thone -a,) or REVEL, a government of the Ru ian empire, bounded on the W. by the Baltic, N. by the Gulf of Finland, E. by Ingria, and S. by Livonia; Lat. 58° 15′-39° 40′ N., Lon. 22° 10′-28° 5' E. Area, about 7,800 sq. m. Surface, generally level; soil , sandy and not fertile. Rivers. Narva, Keyl, and Loksa rivers. Produce. Hemp, flax, hops, and tobacco. Е. was for a long time the object of contention between the Ru ians, Poles, and Swedes, and was finally con- firmed to the latter by the peace of Oliva in 1660; Peter the Great subdued it in 1710, and it was ceded to the Ru ian empire in 1721. Pop . 327,816. Estiferous, a. [From Lat. æstus , fire, and ferre, to bear. Producing caloric. Este, ( es'te ,) a town of Lombardy, abt. 15 m. from Padua. Manuj . linen, silk, earthenware, . Pop . abt. 8,000. Este, an illustrious house of Italy, which owes its origin to the Car loving i an æra, at the beginning of the 9th century. The most celebrated names are: - ALBERT Azzo D'ESTE, the first who po e ed the city of that name, 1020-1117.-OBIZZO, first marquis of Este, lord of Padua in 1182, and afterwards marquis of Milan and Genoa. His son, Azzo V., who by his marriage acquired the sovereignty of Ferrara, and became chief of the Guelfs of Venice, died 1192. - Azzo VI., son of the preceding, lord of Ferrara and Verona, died 1264.HERCULES I., lord of Ferrara and Modena, whose court was graced by Ariosto, Boiardo, the Strozzi, ., 14711505.-His son ALPHONSO, married to Lucretia Borgia-n. Anything deserving good opinion or regard. (R.) Es'till, in Kentucky , an E. central co.; area, about 250 sq. m. Rivers . Kentucky and Red rivers. Surface, hilly; soil , fertile. Mining . Iron and coal. Capital , Irvine. Pop . (1890) 10,836. Es'tillville, in Virginia , former name of the capital of Scott co.; DOW GATE CITY. Es'timable, a. [Fr.] That is capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable lo . Valuable; worth a high price. "Man's flesh... is not so estimable...as flesh of muttons."-Shaks. -Worthy of esteem or respect; deserving of good opinion, consideration, or regard; as, an estimable woman. or regard. 1502, a party to the league of Cambrai, reigned 1505- "One of the peculiar estimables of her country." - Browne. 1534.-HIPPOLYTUS, brother of Alphonso, and cardinal Es'tim able ne , n. The quality of meriting respect of Este, a patron of letters, partisan of Louis XII., and historian of the war of the French against the Venetians, 1479-1520.- ALPHONSO II., grandson of the first of that name, duke of Ferrara and Modena, distinguished as a patron of arts and letters, 1533-1597. - CESAR, an illegit- imate descendant of Alphonso I., reigned at Modena 1597-1628.- RENAUD, a partisan of Austria in the war of succe ion, and duke of Modena, 1655-1737.- HERCU- LES III., grandson of Renaud, and, like him, duke of Modena, was the last of this house in Italy, and his estates pa ed to Austria, by the marriage of his daughter with the archduke Ferdinand, 1727-1797. Esteem', v. a. [Fr. estimer; Lat. æstimo - æs, copper, bra , money, and an old verb tumo , probably from Gr. tim aō , to value, to prize.] To determine the money value, as of anything; to set a value on, whether high or low; to estimate; to value; to appreciate; to compare in value; to estimate by proportion. "I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her." - Wisd . vii. 8. -To set a high value on; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship; to prize; to revere, to respect; to hold in good opinion; to repute. Establishment, n. [Fr. établi ement.] Act of estab- lishing or settling firmly; settlement; fixed state; confirmation; ratification. - State of being established, settled, founded, or confirmed. That which is fixed or --n. [Fr. estime.] Estimation; opinion or judgment of established; sanction; fundamental principle; settled law; foundation; basis; ground; form; ordinance; system of laws; constitution of government; stated merit or demerit; high value or estimation; great regard; favorable opinion; as, " esteem for virtuous poverty." - Dryden. Esteem'able, a. Worthy of esteem; estimable. wages; a place of residence, or of transacting busine : that form of religious worship which is established and supported by the state; settlement or final rest. Est a brook, in Tenne ee, a village of Anderson co., abt. 160 m. E. of Nashville.