| institution | 1. The act or process of instituting; as: Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school. "The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction." (Hooker) 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. 2. That which instituted or established; as: Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity. "The nature of our people, Our city's institutions." (Shak) An established or organised 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. "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) Origin: L. Institutio: cf. F. Institution. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| institutional management teams | Administrator-selected management groups who are responsible for making decisions pertaining to the provision of integrated direction for various institutional functions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| institutional practice | Professional practice as an employee or contractee of a health care institution. (12 Dec 1998) |
| institutionalization | The caring for individuals in institutions and their adaptation to routines characteristic of the institutional environment, and/or their loss of adaptation to life outside the institution. (12 Dec 1998) |