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established adjective [ ɪˈstablɪʃt ]

• having existed or done something for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
• "the ceremony was an established event in the annual calendar"
Similar: accepted, traditional, orthodox, habitual, confirmed, entrenched, set, fixed, official, settled, dyed-in-the-wool, inveterate, usual, customary, common, normal, general, prevailing, accustomed, familiar, wonted, popular, expected, routine, regular, typical, conventional, mainstream, standard, stock, well known, recognized, acclaimed, esteemed, acknowledged, respected, respectable, famous, prominent, noted, renowned,
Opposite: unfamiliar, unknown,
• (of a Church or religion) recognized by the state as the national Church or religion.
• "America had no established Church"

establish verb

• set up on a firm or permanent basis.
• "the scheme was established in 1975"
Similar: set up, start, begin, get going, put in place, initiate, institute, form, found, create, bring into being, inaugurate, organize, lay the foundations of, build, construct, install, plant,
Opposite: disband, demolish,
• achieve permanent acceptance or recognition for.
• "the principle of the supremacy of national parliaments needs to be firmly established"
• show (something) to be true or certain by determining the facts.
• "the police established that the two passports were forgeries"
Similar: prove, demonstrate, show, show to be true, show beyond doubt, indicate, signify, signal, display, exhibit, manifest, denote, attest to, evidence, determine, validate, confirm, verify, certify, ratify, corroborate, substantiate, evince, bespeak, constitute evidence of, constitute proof of,
Opposite: disprove,
• ensure that one's remaining cards in (a suit) will be winners (if not trumped) by playing off the high cards in that suit.
• "the right plan would be to establish dummy's diamonds"
Origin: late Middle English (recorded earlier as stablish ): from Old French establiss-, lengthened stem of establir, from Latin stabilire ‘make firm’, from stabilis (adjective) ‘stable’.

the Established Church

• the Church of England or of Scotland.



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