institution

Institution

A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work

• The institution must be protected.

  Die Einrichtung muss geschützt werden.

  Tatoeba · orcrist · CC BY 2.0 FR

• The library is a public institution for everyone.

  Tatoeba · Teashrock · CC BY 2.0 FR

Institution

A custom or practice of a society or community

Institution

The building or buildings which house such an organization

Institution

A mental institutionselten

Institution

Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restrictedselten

Institution

Any long established and respected place or businessselten

Institution

A person long established in a place, position, or fieldselten

Institution

The act of instituting somethingselten

Institution

The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priestselten

Institution

That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rulesselten