Enshrined vs Established - What's the difference?
enshrined | established |
(enshrine)
To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
*2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 256:
*:At the centre of Muhammad's achievement was the extraordinary poetry which enshrined his revelations.
To protect an idea, ideal, or philosophy within an official law or treaty
(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 verbs the difference between enshrined and established
is that enshrined is (enshrine) while established is (establish).As an adjective established is
of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.enshrined
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(head)enshrine
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(enshrin)- Other measures, such as compensation for victims, will be enshrined in the proposed new law.
established
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(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.