Established

Pronunciation

Origin

From establish + -ed.

Verb

1. established

   (past of establish)

Full definition of established

Adjective

1. 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.

Derived terms

• established church
• long-established

Synonyms

• estd. abbreviation