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establishment definition

es·tab·lish·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. an establishing or being established
  2. a thing established, as a business, military organization, household, etc.
establishment Idioms

the Establishment

  1. the social, economic, and political leaders as of a nation, regarded as holding the chief measure of power and influence
  2. the ruling inner circle or dominant group of any field of endeavor, organization, institution, etc.
  3. established church

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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