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What does establishment mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
  2. The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
  3. That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
  4. (slang) The establishment: the ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Sometimes capitalized: the Establishment.
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To establishment Republicans and Democrats, that sounds like an absurdly narrow and implausible vision.
Ibadan long had a feud with Abeokuta, but on the establishment of the British protectorate the intertribal wars were stopped.
Norman settlements were characterised by the establishment of baronies, manors, towns and the seeds of the modern county system.
The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, are well inclined to pull down the present establishment.
With the establishment of the Abbasid dynasty, a new epoch in Arabian poetry began.
In 1894 the industry returned to Greatham with the establishment of the Greatham Salt and Brine Company by George Weddell.

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