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'''Institution''' as a [[noun]] has several meanings. People most often think of an institution of civilization or societies and communities as an established element of [[culture]], such as an established law, practice, or custom; for example, the institutions of democratic government. A recognized stable element in the life of a country as an identifying or defining institution of the nation or community can be an established [[constitution]], a distinctive set of laws or official organization having an important particular role, such as a governing executive office, legislature, church, armed forces, or bank; or a particular society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, sporting, or similar purpose, such as a professional institution, university, or hospital; or an organization providing residential care for people with special needs, such as a large, well-organized, recovery and long-term care facility or orphanage providing residential care, for example, "an institution for the mentally ill", or a "retirement home". Jails, prisons, penitentiaries, and facilities for the incarceration and rehabilitation of criminals and juvenile delinquents, including "half-way houses", are also called institutions.
As a [[verb]], the '''institution''' of something is the action of instituting or initiating something, such as establishing the beginning of a practice or policy to be adopted as customary; or beginning a procedure, '''to institute''' it, such as the starting of an action or beginning of proceedings, whether formal or informal, involving coordinated legal or social activities: "We are instituting this to provide better service", "The institution of this policy will result in an overall growth".
==[[Synonym]]s==
An organization, establishment, institute, foundation, center, academy, installation; an instatement, induction, investiture, inauguration; the introduction (of a practice), custom, phenomenon, fact, procedure, convention, usage.
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As a [[verb]], the '''institution''' of something is the action of instituting or initiating something, such as establishing the beginning of a practice or policy to be adopted as customary; or beginning a procedure, '''to institute''' it, such as the starting of an action or beginning of proceedings, whether formal or informal, involving coordinated legal or social activities: "We are instituting this to provide better service", "The institution of this policy will result in an overall growth".
==[[Synonym]]s==
An organization, establishment, institute, foundation, center, academy, installation; an instatement, induction, investiture, inauguration; the introduction (of a practice), custom, phenomenon, fact, procedure, convention, usage.
[[category:Dictionary]]
[[category:Government]]
[[category:Religion]]
[[category:Sociology]]