INSTITUTION
\ˌɪnstɪtjˈuːʃən], \ˌɪnstɪtjˈuːʃən], \ˌɪ_n_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of INSTITUTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
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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"
By Princeton University
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an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
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Instruction; education.
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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.
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That which instituted or established
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Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
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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.
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Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
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That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
By Oddity Software
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The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
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Instruction; education.
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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.
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That which instituted or established
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Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
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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.
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Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
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That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of establishing; that which is established; an organized body or society for promoting a particular object; the building where such a society meets; an establishment, especially one of public character; as, an almshouse is a charitable institution.
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Institutional.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A building or establishment for the promotion of some literary, educational, scientific, or philanthropic purpose.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The act of instituting or establishing: that which is instituted or established: foundation: established order: enactment: a society established for some object: that which institutes or instructs: a system of principles or rules.
By Daniel Lyons
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That which is instituted; an established order.
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A corporate body, or the building occupied by it.
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The act of instituting.
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Institutor.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of instituting; that which is instituted; establishment; enactment; law; foundation; education; instruction; a society established for promoting any object, public or social; the act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That which is prescribed or founded by authority; an establishment, public or social; a system or society established for promoting a particular object; the ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of instituting; —establishment ; foundation ;—instruction ; education;— act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice ;—established order or method, or custom ; enactment ; ordinance ; —an established or organised society.
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Act of establishing ; establishment, settlement; positive law; education.
By Thomas Sheridan
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