Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-STALL', v.t. [Fr. installer; Sp. instalar; It. installare; from G. stall, from stellen, D. stellen, to set, Gr. στελλω, to send.]

To set, place or instate, in an office, rank or order; to invest with any charge, office or rank, with the customary ceremonies. To install a clergyman or minister of the Gospel, is to place one who has been previously ordained, over a particular church and congregation, or to invest an ordained minister with a particular pastoral charge; in England, to induct a dean, prebendary or other ecclesiastical dignitary into possession of the church to which he belongs.