About The Word Institution

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Institution

Institution Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Institution?
[n] the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
[n] an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated [n] a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person [n] a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution of slavery"; "he had become an institution in the theater" [n] an organization founded and united for a specific purpose Synonyms | Synonyms for Institution: asylum | creation | establishment | foundation | founding | initiation | innovation | insane asylum | instauration | mental home | mental hospital | mental institution | origination | psychiatric hospital Related Terms | Find terms related to Institution: A | academy | act | agency | alpha | apostolic orders | appointment | asylum | atelier | barbershop | beauty parlor | beauty shop | beginning | bench | bill | blast-off | butcher shop | bylaw | calling | canon | canonization | ceremonial | ceremony | college | commencement | company | concern | conferment | consecration | constitution | corporation | creation | custom | cutting edge | dawn | decree | desk | dictate | dictation | doctrine | dogma | duty | edge | edict | effectuation | election | enactment | establishing | establishment | facility | firm | fixture | flying start | form | form of worship | formality | formation | forming | formula | formulary | foundation | founding | fresh start | function | habit | holy orders | holy rite | home | hospital | house | inauguration | inception | induction | installation | institute | introduction | investiture | jump-off | jus | kick-off | law | leading edge | legislation | lex | liturgy | loft | major orders | materialization | measure | minor orders | mode of worship | mystery | new departure | nomination | observance | office | oncoming | onset | opening | ordainment | order of worship | orders | ordinance | ordination | ordonnance | organization | origin | origination | outbreak | outset | parlor | practice | preferment | prescribed form | prescript | prescription | presentation | reading in | realization | regulation | rite | ritual | ritual observance | rituality | routine | rubric | rule | ruling | running start | sacrament | sacramental | school | send-off | service | setting in motion | setting-up | shop | solemnity | square one | standing order | start | starting point | start-off | statute | studio | sweatshop | take-off | tradition | university | work site | work space | workbench | workhouse | working space | workplace | workroom | workshop | worktable See Also | academy | Bedlam | beginning | booby hatch | charity | commencement | company | crazy house | cuckoo's nest | custom | educational institution | establishment | faith | financial institution | financial organisation | financial organization | funny farm | funny house | home | honorary society | hospital | infirmary | issuer | loony bin | madhouse | medical institution | nursing home | nut house | nuthouse | organisation | organization | orphanage | orphans' asylum | penal facility | penal institution | religion | rest home | sanatorium | snake pit | start | tradition | vicariate | vicarship Institution In Webster's Dictionary \In`sti*tu"tion\, n. [L. institutio: cf. F.
institution.]
1. The act or process of instituting; as:
(a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the
institution of a school.
The institution of God's law is described as
being established by solemn injunction.
--Hooker.
(b) Instruction; education. [Obs.] --Bentley.
(c) (Eccl. Law) The act or ceremony of investing a
clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by
which the care of souls is committed to his charge.
--Blackstone.
2. That which instituted or established; as:
(a) Established order, method, or custom; enactment;
ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
The nature of our people, Our city's
institutions. --Shak.
(b) An established or organized society or corporation; an
establishment, especially of a public character, or
affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary
institution; a charitable institution; also, a
building or the buildings occupied or used by such
organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution.
(c) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent
feature in social or national life or habits.
We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of
English institutions, next to dinner) to be
ready against our return. --Hawthorne.
3. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system
of elements or rules; an institute. [Obs.]
There is another manuscript, of above three hundred
years old, . . . being an institution of physic.
--Evelyn.
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