Institutions are social constructs, both cultural and organizational. Look up institution in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Institution or institutions may also refer to: Formal organizations The buildings maintained by such organizations, particularly: Mental asylums Jails Institutions in computer science Search for "institution" on Wikipedia. Institutions of Grammar (Latin: Institutiones Grammaticae), the standard medieval text on Latin grammar, written by Priscian in late antiquity All pages with titles containing institution All pages with titles beginning with institution Institute (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Institution.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.