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Established vs Time-honored - What's the difference?

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Established is a related term of time-honored.


As adjectives the difference between established and time-honored

is that established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area while time-honored is honored because of great age, or long usage.

As a verb established

is (establish).

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)

    time-honored

    English

    Alternative forms

    * time-honoured

    Adjective

  • honored because of great age, or long usage