INSTITUTION

n. 1 establishing, establishment, forming, formation, origination, founding, foundation, installation, introduction, creation, organization Who was responsible for the institution of cricket as a national pastime? 2 establishment, institute, academy, foundation, university, college, school He attended an institution of higher learning after leaving the army 3 hospital, medical centre, sanatorium or US also sanitarium, home, asylum They spent their last days in an institution 4 custom, tradition, habit, practice, routine, rule, order (of the day), code (of practice); doctrine, dogma Throwing the coxswain into the river after the race has become an institution