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institution definition

in·sti·tu·tion (in′stə to̵̅o̅′s̸hən, -tyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

  1. an instituting or being instituted; establishment
  2. an established law, custom, practice, system, etc.
    1. an organization, society, or corporation, having a public character, as a school, church, bank, hospital, etc.
    2. the building housing such an organization
  4. a person or thing long established in a place

Etymology: ME institucion < OFr < L institutio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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