estamento

estate

noun eh-stah-MEN-toh Rare

Origin: From Late Latin stamentum, from stare (to stand).

Also means

social stratum

Usage Note

Estamento refers to a social estate or stratum, particularly the formal orders of medieval and early-modern society (clergy, nobility, commoners). In modern usage it is extended to any institutional body or sector: el estamento militar (the military establishment), el estamento judicial (the judiciary). It is more formal and systemic than clase social.

Examples

"El estamento militar se opuso a la reforma."

Natural Translation

The military establishment opposed the reform.

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