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in·sti·tu·tion (in′stə to̵̅o̅′s̸hən, -tyo̵̅o̅′-)
noun
- an instituting or being instituted; establishment
- an established law, custom, practice, system, etc.
- an organization, society, or corporation, having a public character, as a school, church, bank, hospital, etc.
- the building housing such an organization
- a person or thing long established in a place
Etymology: ME institucion < OFr < L institutio
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