Institution Definition
ĭnstĭ-to͝oshən, -tyo͝o-
institutions
noun
institutions
An instituting or being instituted; establishment.
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An established law, custom, practice, system, etc.
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An organization, society, or corporation having a public purpose, as a school, church, bank, hospital, etc.
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The building housing such an organization; often, specif., such a place where persons are kept or confined, as a mental hospital, nursing home, prison, etc.
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A person or thing long established in a place.
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Other Word Forms of Institution
Noun
Singular:
institutionPlural:
institutionsOrigin of Institution
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From Old French institution, from Latin institutio, from instituere (“to set up”), from in (“in, on”) + statuere (“to set up, establish”).
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