Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-STAB'LISH-MENT
E-STAB'LISH-MENT, n. [Fr. etablissement.]
- The act of establishing, founding, ratifying or ordaining.
- Settlement; fixed state. Spenser.
- Confirmation; ratification of what has been settled or made. Bacon.
- Settled regulation; form; ordinance; system of laws; constitution of government. Bring in that establishment by which all men should be contained in duty. Spenser.
- Fixed or stated allowance for subsistence; income; salary. His excellency – might gradually lessen your establishment. Swift.
- That which is fixed or established; as, a permanent military force, a fixed garrison, a local government, an agency, a factory, &c. The king has establishments to support, in the four quarters of the globe. Great Britain.
- The episcopal form of religion, so called in England.
- Settlement or final rest. We set up our hopes and establishment here. Wake.
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