a. Obs. rare–1. [ad. Gr. καταστηματικός established, sedate, moderate, tranquil (in ἡδονὴ καταστηματική moderate pleasure, a term of the Epicurean philosophy), f. κατάστημα settlement, constitution, f. καθιστάναι; see prec.]
1655–60. Stanley, Hist. Philos. (1701), 134/2. Catastematick, permanent pleasure, which consisteth in privation of Grief and a quiet void of all disturbance, which Epicurus held [to be our ultimate end].
