institution
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(noun) a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated |
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Related Words: establishment, home, nursing home, orphanage, orphans' asylum, penal facility, penal institution, rest home |
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(noun) a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "he had become an institution in the theater" |
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Related Words: custom, tradition |
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(noun) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose |
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Synonyms: establishment |
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Related Words: academy, charity, company, educational institution, faith, financial institution, financial organization, honorary society, issuer, medical institution, organisation, organization, religion, vicariate, vicarship |
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(noun) starting something for the first time |
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Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, instauration, origination |
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Related Words: beginning, commencement, start |
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