institution
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Is institution a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (informal) Ellipsis of mental institution.abbreviationalt-ofcountableellipsisinformaluncountable
2. (informal) Any long established and respected place or business.Examples: "Over time, the local pub has become something of an institution."; "[quoting Giles Coren] "The Wykeham Arms [a pub] is destroyed. They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy.""countableinformaluncountable
3. (informal) A person long established in a place, position, or field.Examples: "She's not just any old scholar; she is an institution."countableinformaluncountable
4. (Christianity) The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.countableuncountable
5. (obsolete) That which institutes or instructs, particularly a textbook or system of elements or rules.countableobsoleteuncountable
6. (informal) Ellipsis of correctional institution.abbreviationalt-ofcountableellipsisinformaluncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary