established
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(a) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
- the established social order
- distrust the constituted authority
- a team established as a member of a major league
- enjoyed his prestige as an established writer
- an established precedent
- the established Church
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(s) settled securely and unconditionally
- that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact
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(s) conforming with accepted standards
- a conventional view of the world
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(s) shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt
- the established facts in the case
- (s) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation naturalized,