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The Meaning of institution
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(n.) The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
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(n.) Instruction; education.
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(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.
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(n.) That which instituted or established
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(n.) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
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(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.
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(n.) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
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(n.) That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
Rhymes
absolution
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aleutian
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andalusian
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attribution
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confucian
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constitution
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contribution
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convolution
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counterrevolution
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crucian
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destitution
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devolution
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dilution
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diminution
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dissolution
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distribution
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electrocution
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elocution
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evolution
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execution
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lilliputian
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lucian
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persecution
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pollution
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prosecution
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prostitution
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redistribution
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resolution
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restitution
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retribution
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revolution
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shooshan
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solution
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substitution