The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
That which instituted or established
That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
Instruction; education.
Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
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.
Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
