Pronunciation Noun
institution
- A custom or practice of a society or community.
- The institution of marriage is present in many cultures but its details vary widely across them.
- An organization similarly long established and respected, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- The University of the South Pacific is the only internationally-accredited institution of higher education in Oceania.
- The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- He's been in an institution since the crash.
- (informal) Other places or businesses similarly long established and respected.
- Over time, the local pub has become something of an institution.
- 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, [http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/leisure/hampshire_food_festival_2015/4139634.Hampshire_pubhas_gone_down_the_khazisays_top_critic/ Southern Daily Echo]:
- "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."
- (informal) A person similarly long established in a place, position, or field.
- She's not just any old scholar; she is an institution.
- The act of instituting something.
- The institution of higher speed limits was a popular move but increased the severity of crashes.
- (Christianity) The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
- (obsolete) That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.
- French: institution
- German: Institution
- Italian: istituzione
- Portuguese: instituição
- Russian: учрежде́ние
- Spanish: institución
- German: Institution
- Russian: институ́т
- German: Institution
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