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Meaning of 'institution' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Institution [ n.]
- The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
- Instruction; education.
- 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.
- That which instituted or established
- Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
- 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.
- Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
- That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.

Meaning of 'institution' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . institution [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
Example in sentence:
  • he had become an institution in the theater;
  • the institution of marriage;
  • the institution of slavery
Meaning (2):
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
Example in sentence:
  • she looked forward to her initiation as an adult;
  • the foundation of a new scientific society

Nearby Words:

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