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Institutional
Institutional In`sti*tu"tion*al, a. 1. Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends. Institutional writers as Rousseau. --J. S. Mill. 2. Instituted by authority. 3. Elementary; rudimental.
Institutionary
Institutionary In`sti*tu"tion*a*ry, a. 1. Relating to an institution, or institutions. 2. Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.
Superinstitution
Superinstitution Su`per*in`sti*tu"tion, n. One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another. --Bailey.

Meaning of Institution from wikipedia

- An institution is a humanly devised structure of rules and norms that shape and constrain social behavior. All definitions of institutions generally entail...
- The Smithsonian Institution (/smɪθˈsoʊniən/ smith-SOH-nee-ən), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, created...
- A total institution or residential institution is a residential facility where a great number of similarly situated people, cut off from the wider community...
- Disciplinary institutions (French: institution disciplinaire) is a concept proposed by Michel Foucault in Discipline and Punish (1975). School, prison...
- The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace and formerly The Hoover Institute and Library on War, Revolution...
- The Brookings Institution, often stylized as Brookings, is an American think tank that conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily...
- An academic institution is an educational institution dedicated to education and research, which grants academic degrees. See also academy and university...
- Institutional betrayal is a concept described by psychologist Jennifer Freyd, referring to "wrongdoings perpetrated by an institution upon individuals...
- A financial institution, sometimes called a banking institution, is a business entity that provides service as an intermediary for different types of...
- Kent Institution (French: Établis****t de Kent) is a Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) facility located in Ag****iz, British Columbia. Opened in 1979...