institutor

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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

In this respect he was the imitator, probably the unconscious imitator, of Charlemagne, and the precursor of Henry II., the institutor of our Justices in Eyre.

From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin

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

Behind them and in his monk's frock comes the inquisitor John Lemaitre, together with Peter of Estivet, the official institutor of the process, William Erard and two registrars, carrying parchments and writing portfolios.

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