institutor

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He is allowed to be the same with Menes, whom all historians declare to be the first king of Egypt, the institutor of the worship of the gods, and of the ceremonies of the sacrifices.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles

Joan Darc first thinks that she dreams, but her next belief is that, agreeable to the promise made to her by the institutor in the name of the Bishop, she has secretly been set free.

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

On the contrary, The institutor of anything is he who gives it strength and power: as in the case of those who institute laws.

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

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

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

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