The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school
That which instituted or established Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity
An institution is a large important organization such as a university, church, or bank. The Hong Kong Bank is Hong Kong's largest financial institution
Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits
That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute
{i} institute, organization; place where people are confined and treated (i.e. prison or mental hospital); custom, convention; law or activity which is accepted in a society; act of instituting
The institution of a new system is the act of starting it or bringing it in. There was never an official institution of censorship in Albania
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
an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated 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"
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
An institution is a building where certain people are looked after, for example people who are mentally ill or children who have no parents. Larry has been in an institution since he was four