Institution

Noun

 * 1) An established organisation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, culture or the care of the destitute, poor etc.
 * 2) The building which houses such an organisation.
 * 3) A custom or practice of a society or community - marriage for example.
 * 4)  A person long established with a certain place or position.
 * 5) The act of instituting.

Derived terms

 * academic institution
 * educational institution
 * research institution

Related terms

 * institute
 * institutional
 * institutionalism
 * institutionalist

Adjectives for Institution
frail; cherished; extraordinary; charitable; religious; popular; temporary; essential; instrumental; professional; venerable; august; notable; existing; ecclesiastical; sacerdotal; preparatory; necessary; time-honored; infant; remarkable; major; peculiar; sundry (pi) ; aristocratic; feudal; fiduciary; diverse (pi) ; flourishing; ancient; dignified; free, popular; bestial; inevitable; liberal; respective; lauded; social; distinctive; dominant; economic; benevolent; perfidious; bureaucratic; long-established; various (pi); abhorrent; moneyed; powerful; notorious; parochial; superb; monstrous.

Verbs for Institution
abolish—; acclaim—; bar from—; charter —; commit to—; confirm—; discard—; endow—; grant to—; herd in—s; lampoon—;maintain—; patronize—; support—; undermine—; —crumbles; —nourishes.

Thesaurus
A, academy, act, agency, alpha, apostolic orders, appointment, asylum, atelier, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, beginning, bench, bill, blast-off, butcher shop, bylaw, calling, canon, canonization, ceremonial, ceremony, college, commencement, company, concern, conferment, consecration, constitution, corporation, creation, custom, cutting edge, dawn, decree, desk, dictate, dictation, doctrine, dogma, duty, edge, edict, effectuation, election, enactment, establishing, establishment, facility, firm, fixture, flying start, form, form of worship, formality, formation, forming, formula, formulary, foundation, founding, fresh start, function, habit, holy orders, holy rite, home, hospital, house, inauguration, inception, induction, installation, institute, introduction, investiture, jump-off, jus, kick-off, law, leading edge, legislation, lex, liturgy, loft, major orders, materialization, measure, minor orders, mode of worship, mystery, new departure, nomination, observance, office, oncoming, onset, opening, ordainment, order of worship, orders, ordinance, ordination, ordonnance, organization, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, parlor, practice, preferment, prescribed form, prescript, prescription, presentation, reading in, realization, regulation, rite, ritual, ritual observance, rituality, routine, rubric, rule, ruling, running start, sacrament, sacramental, school, send-off, service, setting in motion, setting-up, shop, solemnity, square one, standing order, start, start-off, starting point, statute, studio, sweatshop, take-off, tradition, university, work site, work space, workbench, workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable

Etymology
From institution <  institutio: < instituere: < in: + statuo:.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: institucio
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Institution
 * Greek:


 * Icelandic: stofnun
 * Kurdish:
 * Romanian: instituție
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * German: Institution
 * Greek:


 * German: Institution


 * Greek: ,

Noun

 * 1) institution

Etymology
From institutionem (accusative of institutio).

Noun

 * 1) an institution (an established organization)
 * 2) an institution (a habit)
 * 3) an institution (a person)
 * 4) a department (at a university)
 * datavetenskapliga institutionen
 * department of computer science
 * institutionen för fysik
 * department of physics

Related terms

 * instituera
 * institut
 * institutionalisera
 * institutionell
 * kulturinstitution