institutor

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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 Sue, Eug?ne

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

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

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

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