institutor

or in·sti·tut·er

[ in-sti-too-ter, -tyoo- ]

noun

1. a person who institutes or founds.
2. Protestant Episcopal Church. a person who institutes a minister into a parish or church.

Word History and Origins

Origin of institutor¹

1540–50; < Late Latin institūtor, equivalent to institū-, stem of instituere to institute + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

Towards midnight he returned with the institutor of the process and a physician.

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Facing this table is the seat of Peter of Estivet, the institutor of the process.

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Canon Peter of Estivet, the institutor of the process, is in his seat.

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The Institutor of human life laid down its principle in the first frame of things.

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Between the primary and the secondary intention of the institutor.

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