institution

institution is a 11-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
2. noun. Instruction; education.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. That which instituted or established
5. noun. Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
6. noun. 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.
7. noun. Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
8. noun. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
9. noun. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

   "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"

   "the foundation of a new scientific society"

   Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, introduction, origination

10. noun. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
11. noun. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

    Synonyms: asylum

12. noun. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society

    "the institution of marriage"

    "the institution of slavery"

13. noun. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

    Synonyms: establishment

Synonyms

creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, introduction, origination, asylum, establishment

Common word forms

institutions, institutional, institutionize

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