Part 3934

<h1>Establisher</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es*tab"lish*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who establishes.</def>

<h1>Establishment</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es*tab"lish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>establissement</ets>, F. <ets>\'82tablissement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is established; as: <sd>(a)</sd> A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; <as>as, the Episcopal <ex>establishment</ex> of England</as>. <sd>(b)</sd> A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. <sd>(c)</sd> 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>as, to keep up a large <ex>establishment</ex>; a manufacturing <ex>establishment</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Exposing the shabby parts of the <b>establishment</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Establishment of the port</col> <fld>(Hydrography)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Establishmentarian</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es*tab`lish*men*ta"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Estacade</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es`ta*cade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.; cf. It. <ets>steccata</ets>, Sp. <ets>estacada</ets>. Cf. <er>Stake</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.</def>

<h1>Estafet, Estafette</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw><hw>Es`ta*fet"</hw>, <hw>Es`ta*fette"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>estafette</ets>, cf. Sp. <ets>estafeta</ets>; fr. It. <ets>stafetta</ets>, fr. <ets>staffa</ets> stirrup, fr. OHG. <ets>stapho</ets> footstep, footprint, G. <ets>stapfe</ets>; akin to E. <ets>step</ets>.]</ety> <def>A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.</def>

<h1>Estancia</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es*tan"ci*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. See <er>Stanza</er>.]</ety> <def>A grazing; a country house.</def> <mark>[Spanish America]</mark>

<h1>Estate</h1> <Xpage=511>

<hw>Es*tate"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>estat</ets>, F. <ets>\'82tat</ets>, L. <ets>status</ets>, fr. <ets>stare</ets> to stand. See <er>Stand</er>, and cf. <er>State</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.</def> "When I came to man's <i>estate</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low <b>estate</b>. <i>Romans xii. 16.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Social standing or rank; quality; dignity.</def>

<blockquote>God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several <b>estates</b> of men. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A person of high rank.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She's a duchess, a great <b>estate</b>. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief <b>estates</b> of Galilee. <i>Mark vi. 21.</i></blockquote>