an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, esp. one of a public, educational, or charitable character: This college is the best institution of its kind.
2.
the building devoted to such work.
3.
a public or private place for the care or confinement of inmates, esp. mental patients or other disabled or handicapped persons.
4.
Sociology. a well-established and structured pattern of behavior or of relationships that is accepted as a fundamental part of a culture, as marriage: the institution of the family.
5.
any established law, custom, etc.
6.
any familiar, long-established person, thing, or practice; fixture.
7.
the act of instituting or setting up; establishment: the institution of laws.
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Ecclesiastical.
a.
the origination of the Eucharist, and enactment of its observance, by Christ.
b.
the investment of a member of the clergy with a spiritual charge.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L institūtiōn- (s. of institūtiō). See institute, -ion]
A custom, practice, relationship, or behavioral pattern of importance in the life of a community or society: the institutions of marriage and the family.
Informal One long associated with a specified place, position, or function.
An established organization or foundation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, or culture.
The building or buildings housing such an organization.
A place for the care of persons who are destitute, disabled, or mentally ill.
An established organization or foundation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, or culture.
The building or buildings housing such an organization.
A place for the care of persons who are destitute, disabled, or mentally ill.
1551, "established law or practice," from O.Fr. institution, from L. institutionem (nom. institutio), noun of state from institutus (see institute). Meaning "establishment or organization for the promotion of some charity" is from 1707. Institutionalize "to put into institutional life" (usually depreciatory) is from 1905.
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
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]
5.
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person [syn: mental hospital]
the act of instituting or process of being instituted
Arabic:
تَأسيس، إقامَه
Chinese (Simplified):
建立
Chinese (Traditional):
建立
Czech:
ustavení, zřízení
Danish:
oprettelse
Dutch:
oprichting
Estonian:
asutamine
Finnish:
perustaminen
French:
fondation
German:
die Errichtung
Greek:
ίδρυση, καθιέρωση, θεσμός
Hungarian:
alapítás
Icelandic:
stofnun
Indonesian:
pendirian
Italian:
istituzione
Japanese:
設立
Korean:
설립, 창립
Latvian:
dibināšana; organizēšana
Lithuanian:
įkūrimas
Norwegian:
innføring, opprettelse
Polish:
założenie
Portuguese (Brazil):
instituição
Portuguese (Portugal):
instituição
Romanian:
constituire; instituire
Russian:
установление; учреждение
Slovak:
zavedenie
Slovenian:
ustanovitev
Spanish:
institución
Swedish:
inrättande
Turkish:
kurma
ˌinstiˈtution2noun
(the building used by) an organization etc founded for a particular purpose, especially care of people, or education Example: schools, hospitals, prisons and other institutions
In`sti*tu"tion\, n. [L. institutio: cf. F. institution.]1. The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. 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. 2. That which instituted or established; as: (a) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity. 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. We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our return. --Hawthorne. 3. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute. [Obs.] There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic. --Evelyn.
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