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/θərd ɪstˈeɪt/ Listen

adjective

Third adj.

Next after the second; coming after two others; the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. "The third night."

Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.

Third estate.

(a)

In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons.

(b)

In France, the tiers état. See Tiers etat.

Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1.

Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7.

Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Third estate" Quotes from Famous Books

... were divided into three orders, differing in legal rights. These were the Clergy, the Nobility, and the Commons, or Third Estate. The first two, which are commonly spoken of as the privileged orders, contained but a small fraction of the population numerically, but their wealth and position gave them a ...

— The Eve of the French Revolution • Edward J. Lowell

... first of the clergy to join the third estate and contributed largely to the union of the three orders. He took an active part in the abolition of the privileges of the nobles of the church and under the new constitution he was one of the first to take oath. In taking this stand, ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 • Various