institutionn.[L. institutio: cf. F. institution.]()1. The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.()The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. (Hooker.) (Eccl. Law) Instruction; education.(Blackstone.)2. That which instituted or established()The nature of our people,
Our city's institutions. (Shak.) 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.()We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English institutions, next to dinner) to be ready against our return. (Hawthorne.)3. That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.()There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an institution of physic. (Evelyn.)