institution

1. n. The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. Source: opted

2. n. Instruction; education. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. n. That which instituted or established Source: opted

5. n. Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

7. n. Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits. Source: opted

8. n. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute. Source: opted

9. n. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose Source: wordnet

10. n. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated Source: wordnet

11. n. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society Source: wordnet

12. n. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new Source: wordnet

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