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   es·tab·lished

   /əˈstabliSHt/

   adjective

   • 1. having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted: "the ceremony was an established event in the annual calendar" Similar acceptedtraditionalorthodoxhabitualconfirmedentrenchedsetfixedofficialsettleddyed-in-the-woolinveterateusualcustomarycommonnormalgeneralprevailingaccustomedfamiliarwontedpopularexpectedroutineregulartypicalconventionalmainstreamstandardstockwell knownrecognizedacclaimedesteemedacknowledgedrespectedrespectablefamousprominentnotedrenownedOpposite unfamiliarunknown
   • ▪ (of a plant) having taken root; growing well: "thick, established plants can be pruned by cutting out about one third of all stems"
   • 2. (of a church or religion) recognized by the government as the national church or religion: "America had no established Church"

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