n. 25B6; noun
an academic institution : ESTABLISHMENT, organization, institute, foundation, centre; academy, school, college, university; society, association, body, guild, consortium.
they spent their lives in institutions : (RESIDENTIAL) HOME, hospital, asylum.
the institution of the rector : INSTALLATION, instatement, induction, investiture, inauguration; ordination, consecration, anointing, appointment, creation.
the institution of adoption : PRACTICE, custom, convention, tradition; phenomenon, fact; procedure, usage, method, system, policy; idea, notion, concept.
the institution of legal proceedings : INITIATION, instigation, launch, start, commencement, beginning, inauguration, generation, origination.