Institution

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

Instruction; education.

The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge.

That which instituted or established

Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.

An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution.

Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.

That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution of slavery"; "he had become an institution in the theater"

an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose