Established vs Circumscribed - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between established and circumscribed

is that established is past tense of establish while circumscribed is past tense of circumscribe.

As an adjective established

is of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

established

English

Verb

(head)

(establish)

Adjective

(en adjective)

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:

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.

(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

Derived terms

* established church * long-established

Synonyms

* (abbreviation)

circumscribed

English

Verb

(head)

(circumscribe)

circumscribe

English

Verb

(circumscrib)

To draw a line around; to encircle.

To limit narrowly; to restrict.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson

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(geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

Derived terms

* circumscription