a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person - mental hospital- psychiatric hospital- mental institution- mental home- insane asylum
the act of starting something for the first time
introducing something new "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult" "the foundation of a new scientific society"
a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society "the institution of marriage" "the institution of slavery" "he had become an institution in the theater"
an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
an organization founded and united for a specific purpose