What is the institution?

What does it mean by "human institution"?

  • I am a student learning English. I wonder what "human institution" means below. A kind of intuition? Instinct? there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal—there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president.”

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    a : a custom, practice, or law that is accepted and used by many people ▪ Family visits are a Thanksgiving institution. ▪ She's not interested in the institution of marriage. ▪ the institution of slavery b : someone or something that is very well known and established in a particular field or place ▪ He is an institution in local politics. [=he has participated in local politics for such a long time that people consider him to be a regular part of local politics] ▪ The play has become something of an institution on Broadway.

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a : a custom, practice, or law that is accepted and used by many people ▪ Family visits are a Thanksgiving institution. ▪ She's not interested in the institution of marriage. ▪ the institution of slavery b : someone or something that is very well known and established in a particular field or place ▪ He is an institution in local politics. [=he has participated in local politics for such a long time that people consider him to be a regular part of local politics] ▪ The play has become something of an institution on Broadway.

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