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Institution
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Meaning
Noun
●
In Collectives:
A
custom
or
practice
of a
society
or community.
●
In Collectives & Organizations:
A long
established
and
respected
organization,
particularly
one
involved
with education,
public service
, or
charity
work.
●
In Collectives:
The
building
or
buildings
which
house
such an organization.
●
A
mental
institution.
●
Any long
established
and
respected
place or business.
●
A person long
established
in a place,
position
, or field.
●
The
act
of
instituting
something.
●
In Christianity:
The
act
by which a
bishop
commits
a
cure
of
souls
to a priest.
●
That which
institutes
or
instructs
,
particularly
a
textbook
or system of
elements
or rules.
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Origin
institution
English
institution
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
institutio
Latin
instituere
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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