institution

Part of speech: noun

That which is instituted; an established order.

Part of speech: noun

A corporate body, or the building occupied by it.

Part of speech: noun

The act of instituting.

Part of speech: noun

Institutor.

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Usage examples "institution":

  1. Except as a test case it is impossible to speak of the Southern view of the institution, for we were not all of the same mind. - "The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915", Basil L. Gildersleeve.
  2. " At the Metropolitan Institution," was the reply. - "Tales of Bengal", S. B. Banerjea.
  3. The one for the deaf and blind is a State institution. - "Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia", Carrie Hunter Willis Etta Belle Walker.