institutor

or in·sti·tut·er

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

/ ˈɪn stɪˌtu tər, -ˌtyu- /

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noun

a person who institutes or founds.

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

Origin of institutor

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

Words nearby institutor

institutionalism, institutionalize, institutional racism, institutionary, institutive, institutor, in stock, in-store, instr., in stride, instroke

Example sentences from the Web for institutor

Canon Peter of Estivet, the institutor of the process, is in his seat.
The Executioner's Knife|Eugne Sue
The Institutor of human life laid down its principle in the first frame of things.
The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians|G. G. Findlay
Towards midnight he returned with the institutor of the process and a physician.
The Executioner's Knife|Eugne Sue
Between the primary and the secondary intention of the institutor.
A Christian Directory|Baxter Richard

If so, God himself is the author and institutor of uncleanness, who himself brought Eve to Adam.
Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I|Martin Luther