1. institution(n = noun.group) establishment - an organization founded and united for a specific purpose; Array
is a kind of organisation, organization
has particulars: medical institution, financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization, issuer, charity, company, faith, organized religion, religion, vicariate, vicarship, educational institution, academy, honorary society
Derived forms adjective institutional2, adjective institutional1
2. institution(n = noun.artifact) Array - an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated; Array
is a kind of establishment
has particulars: home, nursing home, rest home, orphanage, orphans' asylum, penal facility, penal institution
Derived form adjective institutional1
3. institution(n = noun.cognition) Array - 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"
is a kind of custom, tradition
has particulars: levirate
4. institution(n = noun.act) creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, introduction, origination - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"
is a kind of beginning, commencement, start
has particulars: authorship, paternity
Derived forms verb institute1, verb institutionalise1
5. institution(n = noun.artifact) asylum, insane asylum, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person; Array
is a kind of hospital, infirmary
has particulars: bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit
Derived forms adjective institutional1, verb institutionalise1, verb institutionalize1
1. The act or process of instituting; as:
"The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction."
2. That which instituted or established [1913 Webster]
"The nature of our people,
Our city's institutions."
"We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our return." [1913 Webster]
3. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute. [1913 Webster]
"There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic." [1913 Webster]
institution, n.
1 the act or an instance of instituting.
2 a a society or organization founded esp. for charitable, religious, educational, or social purposes. b a building used by an institution.
3 an established law, practice, or custom.
4 colloq. (of a person, a custom, etc.) a familiar object.
5 the establishment of a cleric etc. in a church.
Etymology:
ME f. OF f. L institutio -onis (as INSTITUTE)
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N legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.
N church, churchdom, ministry, apostleship, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the church, clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ultramontanism, theocracy, ecclesiology, ecclesiologist, priestcraft, odium theologicum, monachism, monachy, monasticism, monkhood, pontificate, primacy, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, prelacy, bishopric, bishopdom, episcopate, episcopacy, see, diocese, deanery, stall, canonry, canonicate, prebend, prebendaryship, benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson, living, cure, rectorship, vicariate, vicarship, deaconry, deaconship, curacy, chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship, cardinalate, cardinalship, abbacy, presbytery, holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation, popedom, the Vatican, the apostolic see, religious sects, council, conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry, sanhedrim, conge d'elire, ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches, ecclesiastical, ecclesiological, clerical, sacerdotal, priestly, prelatical, pastoral, ministerial, capitular, theocratic, hierarchical, archiepiscopal, episcopal, episcopalian, canonical, monastic, monachal, monkish, abbatial, abbatical, Anglican, pontifical, papal, apostolic, Roman, Popish, ultramontane, priest-ridden.
N school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum, institute, institution, palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar, day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school, school of art, kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory, pulpit, lectern, soap box desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, auditorium, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune, school book, horn book, text book, grammar, primer, abecedary, rudiments, manual, vade mecum, encyclopedia, cyclopedia, Lindley Murray, Cocker, dictionary, lexicon, professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship, chair, School Board Council of Education, Board of Education, Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies, Textbook Committee, propaganda, scholastic, academic, collegiate, educational, ex cathedra.
correctional institution, depository financial institution, educational institution, financial institution, lending institution, medical institution, mental institution, nondepository financial institution, penal institution, thrift institution