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estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne

 
 

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

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  • freehold — an estate held in fee simple or for life
  • glebe — plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office
  • leasehold — land or property held under a lease
  • smallholding — (British) a piece of land under 50 acres that is sold or let to someone for cultivation
  • homestead — land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
  • fief, feoff — a piece of land held under the feudal system
  • barony — the estate of a baron
  • countryseat — an estate in the country
  • Crown land — (Great Britain) land that belongs to the Crown
  • manor — the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
  • seigneury, seigniory, signory — the estate and power of a seigneur
  • hacienda — a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries
  • plantation — an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)
  • entail — land received by fee tail

 
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