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American Church Dictionary
• Institution, Words of
• Institution, Office of
• Institution, Letter of
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Positive Institutes
• Institute, Institution
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Sisters of the Institute of Charity (Rosminians)
• Institution
• Institute of the Holy Family
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Webster Dictionary
• Institutively
• Institutive
• Institutional
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Lowell Institute
• Mahommedan Institutions
• Smithsonian Institution
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Institution
• Institution of a Christian Man
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Imperial Institute
• Institute of France
• Institutes of the Christian Religion
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Canonical Institution
• Institute of Mary
• Institute of Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Asylums (Charitable Institutions)
• Charity and Charitable Institutions
• Hebrew Institute
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Lexicons
• κτίσις
• עָשָׂה , עָשָׂה

The act of founding or establishing; an established practise or custom; an organization for the promotion of public welfare, such as a church, school, hospital, or asylum. Canonical institution is the act by which an ecclesiastical authority confers a benefice on a candidate presented by a third person enjoying the right of presentation; also episcopal approbation granted to a beneficiary for the exercise of his ministerial functions as a whole, in view of his undertaking the care of souls.