Institution

Definition of Institution

In`sti`tu´tion

n.	1.
	1.	The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. - Hooker.
	2.	(Eccl. Law) Instruction; education.
	2.	That which instituted or established The nature of our people, Our city's institutions. - Shak.
	3.	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. We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our return. - Hawthorne.
	3.	That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute. There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic. - Evelyn.

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