institutor

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He took a considerable part in the rebuilding of London after the great fire of 1666, and has a claim to be considered the institutor of fire-insurance in England, which he started somewhere about 1680.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

Consequently, it follows that the power of the sacrament is from the institutor of the sacrament.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Blount, in his Glossographia," says Archdeacon Nares in his Glossary, "speaks of a foolish derivation of the word from a Judge Gaudy, said to have been the institutor of such days.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

The other scaffold, that is draped in black, is occupied by the judges of the process, its institutor, its assessors and its registrars.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

My very dear brothers: Peter of Estivet, institutor of the process against Joan the Maid, will concisely state our petition.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne