Other Definitions
institution (enc)
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Institution| Noun | 1. | institution - an organization founded and united for a specific purposeissuer - an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.) charity - an institution set up to provide help to the needy company - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage" religion, faith - institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" | | | 2. | institution - an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situatedestablishment - a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence | | | 3. | institution - 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"levirate - the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line | | | 4. | institution - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"authorship, paternity - the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" | | | 5. | institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced personbooby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit, Bedlam - pejorative terms for an insane asylum | |
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