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Institution
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) Instruction; education.
(3):
(n.) That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(n.) The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
(6):
(n.) That which instituted or established
(7):
(n.) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
(8):
(n.) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Institution'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/institution.html. 1828.