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institution

noun
  1. the act of starting something for the first time
    initiation
  2. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
  3. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
    mental hospitalpsychiatric hospitalmental institutionmental homeinsane asylumasylum
  4. a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
    “the institution of marriage”
  5. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
    establishment