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in⋅sti⋅tu⋅tor

[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.


Origin:
1540–50; < LL institūtor, equiv. to institū-, s. of instituere to institute + -tor -tor
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in·sti·tute   (ĭn'stĭ-tōōt', -tyōōt')   
tr.v.   in·sti·tut·ed, in·sti·tut·ing, in·sti·tutes
    1. To establish, organize, and set in operation.

    2. To initiate; begin. See Synonyms at found1.

  1. To establish or invest in an office or a position.

n.  
    1. Something instituted, especially an authoritative rule or precedent.

    2. institutes A digest of the principles or rudiments of a particular subject, especially a legal abstract.

    3. An educational institution, especially one for the instruction of technical subjects.

    4. The building or buildings housing such an institution.

  1. An organization founded to promote a cause: a cancer research institute.

    1. An educational institution, especially one for the instruction of technical subjects.

    2. The building or buildings housing such an institution.

  2. A usually short, intensive workshop or seminar on a specific subject.


[Middle English instituten, from Latin īnstituere, īnstitūt-, to establish : in-, in; see in-2 + statuere, to set up; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
in'sti·tut'er, in'sti·tu'tor n.
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