Thesaurus: institution

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1. n. The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
2. n. Instruction; education.
3. n. 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.
4. n. That which instituted or established
5. n. Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
6. n. 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.
7. n. Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
8. n. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
9. n. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
10. n. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
11. n. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
12. n. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new