INSTITUTION
Scrabble letter values: I1N1S1T1I1T1U1T1I1O1N1 = 11
Definition
- noun an organization founded and united for a specific purpose. — synonyms: establishment
- noun an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated.
- noun a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society.
- noun the act of starting something for the first time. — synonyms: initiation, founding, foundation, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
- noun a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person. — synonyms: mental_hospital, psychiatric_hospital, mental_institution, mental_home, insane_asylum, asylum
Examples
- “the institution of marriage”
- “the institution of slavery”
- “he had become an institution in the theater”