[in.sti.tu.tion.al.ize] vt -ized ; -iz.ing (1865) 1: to make into an institution: give character of an institution to "institutionalized housing"; esp: to incorporate into a structured and often highly formalized system "institutionalized values"
2: to put in the care of an institution "~ alcoholics" -- in.sti.tu.tion.al.i.za.tion n