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The term “established” is employed with a rich versatility in literature, functioning both as a marker of founding or creation and as an adjective that denotes long-held, accepted practice. It appears in contexts where leaders or institutions are literally founded—such as when Samuel the prophet instituted a new government [1] or when a colony was founded that later became the nucleus of a state [2]—as well as in abstract realms where facts, customs, or doctrines are confirmed, as seen in discussions of accepted financial principles [3] or the relegation of authority [4]. The word also conveys a sense of permanence or habit-fixation, be it in societal norms where old orders are contrasted with new truths [5] or in technical narratives such as the establishment of jurisprudence [6]. In each use, “established” underscores a process of both formation and validation, playing a key role in shaping narratives where creation meets convention.
  1. Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God, established a new government, and anointed princes over his people.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. In 1771 he led a colony to the Watauga river and established the settlement which became the nucleus of the future state of Tennessee.
    — from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney
  3. By the discussion which may now be brought to a close, two positions seem to be established.
    — from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse Henry Jones
  4. What will not fit into the established canons is outlawed; men who make new discoveries are objects of suspicion and even of persecution.
    — from How We Think by John Dewey
  5. She accepted submissively and without repining the relations that had been established once for all between her son and herself.
    — from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  6. This point has been established by discussion in the law-courts, and may be said to belong more properly to jurisprudence.
    — from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

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