n. [ Cf. F. organisation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body. “The first organization of the general government.” Pickering. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The state of being organized. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. That which is organized; an organized existence; an organism; specif. (Biol.), an arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life. [ 1913 Webster ]
The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of organization. McKendrick. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Specifically: A group of persons associated together for a common purpose and having a set of rules which specify the relations of the individual members to the whole gorup. [ PJC ]
5. The manner in which something is organized; the relations included in an organized state or condition; as, the organization of the department permits ad hoc groups to form. [ PJC ]
What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means? Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]