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Establishment Es*tab"lish*ment, n. [Cf. OF. establissement, F. [ e]tablissement.] 1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation. [1913 Webster]

2. The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state. [1913 Webster]

3. That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment. [1913 Webster]

Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]

{Establishment of the port} (Hydrography), a datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation, viz., the interval between the moon s passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new and full moon. [1913 Webster]

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