Part 5925

<hw>In"sti*tu`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An institutor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Institution</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`sti*tu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>institutio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>institution</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of instituting; as: <sd>(a)</sd> Establishment; foundation; enactment; <as>as, the <ex>institution</ex> of a school</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>institution</b> of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Instruction; education</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Bentley</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Eccl. Law)</fld> <def>The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge</def>.

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which instituted or established</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.</def>

<blockquote>The nature of our people, Our city's <b>institutions</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary <i>institution</i>; a charitable <i>institution</i>; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian <i>Institution</i></def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits</def>.

<blockquote>We ordered a lunch (the most delightful of English <b>institutions</b>, next to dinner) to be ready against our return. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There is another manuscript, of above three hundred years old, . . . being an <b>institution</b> of physic. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Institutional</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`sti*tu"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; <as>as, <ex>institutional</ex> legends</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Institutional</b> writers as Rousseau. <i>J. S. Mill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Instituted by authority.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Elementary; rudimental.</def>

<h1>Institutionary</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`sti*tu"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to an institution, or institutions.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Containing the first principles or doctrines; elemental; rudimentary.</def>

<h1>Institutist</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In"sti*tu`tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Institutive</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In"sti*tu`tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.</def>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.</def> "<i>Institutive</i> decency."