institutions

1. an organization founded and united for a specific purposeSynonyms: establishment, institution

2. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situatedSynonyms: institution

3. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or societyExamples: "the institution of marriage"; "the institution of slavery"; "he had become an institution in the theater"Synonyms: institution

4. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something newExamples: "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction

5. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced personSynonyms: asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital