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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: institution (0.01117 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to institution.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: institution aparat, kelembagaan, pendirian lembaga, perguruan, yayasan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: institution institution n 1: an organization founded and united for a specific purpose [syn: establishment] 2: an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated 3: 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” 4: 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”; “he regards the fork as a modern introduction” [syn: initiation, founding, foundation, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration] 5: a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person [syn: mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution , mental home, insane asylum, asylum]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Institution Institution \In`sti*tu"tion\, n. [L. institutio: cf. F. institution.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. [1913 Webster] The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. --Hooker. (b) Instruction; education. [Obs.] --Bentley. (c) (Eccl. Law) 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. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 2. That which instituted or established; as: (a) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity. [1913 Webster] The nature of our people, Our city's institutions. --Shak. (b) 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. (c) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits. [1913 Webster] We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our return. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 3. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]

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