institutor

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No institution will be better than the institutor.

From Essays — Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

One says it was named after St. Anthony the Great, the first institutor of monastic life, born A.D.

From The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Bruce, Wallace

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

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