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Institution

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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Narrower term 16

Academy 76% connected

A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the schoo…

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Authorship 76% connected

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

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Bedlam 76% connected

A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse.

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Charity 76% connected

Love; universal benevolence; good will.

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Company 76% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

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Faith 76% connected

Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on…

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Home 76% connected

See Homelyn.

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Issuer 76% connected

One who issues, emits, or publishes.

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Levirate 76% connected

Alt. of Leviratical

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Madhouse 76% connected

A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.

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Orphanage 76% connected

The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.

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Paternity 76% connected

The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

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Religion 76% connected

The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedien…

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Sanatorium 76% connected

An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.

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Vicariate 76% connected

Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.

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Vicarship 76% connected

The office or dignity of a vicar.

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Commencement 76% connected

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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Custom 76% connected

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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Establishment 76% connected

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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Hospital 76% connected

A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.

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Infirmary 76% connected

A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

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Tradition 76% connected

The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

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Initiate 74% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Initiate 74% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Institutional 74% connected

Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends.

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Institutional 74% connected

Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends.

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Originate 74% connected

To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

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Originate 74% connected

To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

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Asylum 92% connected

A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sac…

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Creation 92% connected

The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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Establishment 92% connected

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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Foundation 92% connected

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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Founding 92% connected

of Found

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Initiation 92% connected

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

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Innovation 92% connected

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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Instauration 92% connected

Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

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Introduction 92% connected

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

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Origination 92% connected

The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

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