Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.
A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.
Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
An organization founded to promote a cause
An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
The building housing such an institution
To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
To nominate; to appoint.
To begin or initiate (something); to found.