appointed

adj

1. (not-comparable)Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.

   “In the United States, the Secretary of State is an appointed position.”

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of appoint.

   “One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.””