noun

• (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.
• (countable) Anything erected or built.
• (uncountable or countable, ecclesiastical) Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
• (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
• (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
• (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.