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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
institution
n 1: an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
[syn: institution, establishment]
2: an establishment consisting of a building or complex of
buildings where an organization for the promotion of some
cause is situated
3: 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"
4: 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" [syn:
initiation, founding, foundation, institution,
origination, creation, innovation, introduction,
instauration]
5: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
[syn: mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental
institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum,
asylum]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Institution \In`sti*tu"tion\, n. [L. institutio: cf. F.
institution.]
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1. The act or process of instituting; as:
(a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the
institution of a school.
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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.
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2. That which instituted or established; as:
(a) Established order, method, or custom; enactment;
ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
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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.
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We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of
English institutions, next to dinner) to be
ready against our return. --Hawthorne.
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3. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system
of elements or rules; an institute. [Obs.]
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There is another manuscript, of above three hundred
years old, . . . being an institution of physic.
--Evelyn.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
INSTITUTION, eccl. law. The act by which the ordinary commits the cure of
souls to a person presented to a benefice.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
INSTITUTION, political law. That which has been established and settled by
law for the public good; as, the American institutions guaranty to the
citizens all privileges and immunities essential to freedom.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
INSTITUTION, practice. The commencement of an action; as, A B has instituted
a suit against C D, to recover damages for a trespass.
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Thesaurus Results for institution:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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