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noun

Institutor n.

One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.

One who educates; an instructor. (Obs.)

(Episcopal Church) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

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Etymology of 'Institutor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... magnitude and the splendour of the military achievements of Soliman," says Mr. Thornton, "are surpassed in the judgment of his people by the wisdom of his legislation. He has acquired the name of Canuni, or institutor of rules ... on account of the order and police which he established in his Empire. He caused a compilation to be made of all the maxims and regulations of his predecessors on subjects of political and ...

— Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) • John Henry Newman

... different phratry names like the Urabunna, and got mixed up with their ceremonies of initiation (the most sacred part of the mythology of the Australian natives, and one not likely to be much influenced by chance intruders); and that it came even in some cases to be told of Baiame, the creator and institutor of the rites of initiation, who is represented as himself taking part in the conflict and gaining a victory over the foes of mankind[104]. On the whole, therefore, this view of the case ...

— Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia • Northcote W. Thomas