establishment.html - v.tr.
1 set up or consolidate (a business, system, etc.) on a permanent basis.
2 (foll. by in) settle (a person or oneself) in some capacity.
3 (esp. as established adj.) achieve permanent acceptance for (a custom, belief, practice, institution, etc.).
4 validate; place beyond dispute (a fact etc.).

Established Church the Church recognized by the State as the national Church.

establisher n. [ME f. OF establir (stem establiss-) f. L stabilire f. stabilis STABLE(1)]

establishment.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of establishing; the process of being established.
2 a a business organization or public institution. b a place of business. c a residence.
3 a the staff or equipment of an organization. b a household.
4 any organized body permanently maintained for a purpose.
5 a Church system organized by law.
6 (the Establishment) a the group in a society exercising authority or influence, and seen as resisting change. b any influential or controlling group (the literary Establishment).

establishment.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

adhering to or advocating the principle of an established Church.

--n.

a person adhering to or advocating this.

establishmentarianism n.

establishment.html - v.tr.
1 set up or consolidate (a business, system, etc.) on a permanent basis.
2 (foll. by in) settle (a person or oneself) in some capacity.
3 (esp. as established adj.) achieve permanent acceptance for (a custom, belief, practice, institution, etc.).
4 validate; place beyond dispute (a fact etc.).

Established Church the Church recognized by the State as the national Church.

establisher n. [ME f. OF establir (stem establiss-) f. L stabilire f. stabilis STABLE(1)]

establishment.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of establishing; the process of being established.
2 a a business organization or public institution. b a place of business. c a residence.
3 a the staff or equipment of an organization. b a household.
4 any organized body permanently maintained for a purpose.
5 a Church system organized by law.
6 (the Establishment) a the group in a society exercising authority or influence, and seen as resisting change. b any influential or controlling group (the literary Establishment).

establishment.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

adhering to or advocating the principle of an established Church.

--n.

a person adhering to or advocating this.

establishmentarianism n.