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Meaning Of Institution
n.
The act or process of instituting; as: (a)
Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
n.
Instruction; education.
n.
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.
n.
That which instituted or established
n.
Established order, method, or custom; enactment;
ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
n.
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.
n.
Anything forming a characteristic and persistent
feature in social or national life or habits.
n.
That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a
system of elements or rules; an institute.