established
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
established
- simple past tense and past participle of establish
Adjective[edit]
established (comparative more established, superlative most established)
- Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
- Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 731:
- Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 731:
- (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
Synonyms[edit]
- estd. (abbreviation)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
having been in existence for some time and generally accepted
defined, described
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