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
Facing this table is the seat of Peter of Estivet, the institutor of the process.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
To this old servitor he communicated his purpose, and besought him to accompany his former master to this frightfully secluded place, which St. Bruno, institutor of the Carthusian Monks, had founded.
From Claimants to Royalty by John M. Ingram
Canon Peter of Estivet, the institutor of the process, is in his seat.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
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 Saint Aquinas Thomas
