institution English · revision 5423

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1380|origins=la instituere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, /ˌɪn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃən/, US /ˌɪn.stəˈtuː.ʃən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|institucioun]], [[bor|fro|institucion|t=foundation; thing established]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998) from [[la|īnstitūtiō|t=arrangement; instruction, education]], from [[m|la|īnstituere|t=to set up, establish]].^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) It is related to [[institute]] and [[constitution]].^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the church, the establishment of a clergyman in a cure of souls: about 1380 in the OED.^(OED 1989) The action of establishing or founding, as a government or a religious order: about 1400 in Etymonline, about 1460 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Training and instruction is from 1531.^(OED 1989) An established law, custom or practice is from the 1550s,^(Etymonline) and an organization founded for a purpose, such as a charity, from 1707.^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) The jocular use for anything that has been around a long time, as of a person who is ''an institution'', is from 1837.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1380 – institution of a clergyman.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1400 – the act of founding.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1531 – instruction.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1550s – an established custom.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1707 – an organization.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1837 – a familiar long-standing figure.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An important [[organization]], such as a university, bank or hospital.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An established custom or practice in a society: ''the institution of marriage''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of starting or establishing something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A hospital or home for people needing special care.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(informal)'' A person or thing long associated with a place.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[counterinstitution]]

+ * [[institutionary]]

+ * [[noninstitution]]

+ * [[reinstitution]]

+ * [[peculiar institution]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[institute]]

+ * [[institutional]]

+ * [[institutionalism]]

+ * [[constitution]]

+ * [[statute]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}