| 单词 | crown estate |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown estate crown estate n. chiefly British (frequently with capital initials) an estate owned by the Crown; (as a mass noun) the collection of estates and properties owned by the Crown as a whole; the organization which manages these.In the UK the crown estate is owned by the Crown but is not the private property of the monarch. ΚΠ 1725 in G. Burnet Bp. Burnet's Hist. Own Time Index James..broke the greatness of the Crown by giving away the Crown Estates. 1826 Cobbett's Weekly Reg. 10 June 687 The crown estate, or rather the public estate, for such in reality it is, is worth much nearer two millions sterling a year. 1958 Israel Explor. Jrnl. 8 119 It may have had in Persian times the special status of a crown-estate, the incomes from which went to the Persian satrap. 1997 J. Roberts Royal Landscape 457/2 There is today only limited access between the two areas, although they are both part of the Crown Estate. 2010 Independent 10 Mar. (Life section) 2/4 In the window..is an unctuous notice from the Crown Estate in that blithering, affectless prose adopted by corporate PR people. < as lemmas |
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