Constitution vs Established - What's the difference?
constitution | established |
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
* Sir J. Herschel
The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.
* Macaulay
A legal document describing such a formal system.
The general health of a person.
A person's physique or temperament.
* Story
* Clarendon
(establish)
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:
(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
As a proper noun constitution
is the supreme law of some countries, such as australia, ireland, and the united states.As a verb established is
(establish).As an adjective established is
of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.constitution
English
(wikipedia constitution)Noun
(en noun)- the physical constitution of the sun
- Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions.
- Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world.
- He defended himself with less passion than was expected from his constitution .
Derived terms
* constitutional * metaconstitutionestablished
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.