- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
- the act of starting something for the first time
💬 Examples
- "the institution of marriage"
- "the institution of slavery"
- "introducing something new"
- "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"