Institution word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "institution" word
[noun] an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
[noun] a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
[noun] 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"
[noun] an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
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(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.
(b) Instruction; education. [Obs.] --Bentley.
(c) (Eccl. Law) 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. --Blackstone. 2. That which instituted or established; as:
(a) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity. The nature of our people, Our city's institutions. --Shak.
(b) 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.
(c) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits. 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. [Obs.] There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic. --Evelyn.
Synonyms for institution
asylum, creation, establishment, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, insane asylum, instauration, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, origination, psychiatric hospital
See also: Bedlam | beginning | booby hatch | charity | custom | establishment | faith | financial organisation | funny farm | funny house | home | honorary society | nut house | organisation | organization | orphanage | religion | sanatorium | snake pit | vicariate |
Related terms: act, appointment, asylum, beauty shop, bench, canon, canonization, college, company, conferment, consecration, doctrine, formation, formulary, holy orders, holy rite, institute, kick-off, mystery, oncoming, sacramental, solemnity
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Let's analyse "institution" as pure text. This string has Eleven letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 45.5% of vowels is 6.9% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NOITUTITSNI. Average typing speed for these characters is 2930 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
institution: 9 + 9 + 3 + 9 + 6 = 36, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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