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Webster 1913 Edition


Institutor

In′sti-tuˊtor

,
Noun.
[L.: cf. F.
instituteur
.]
1.
One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.
2.
One who educates; an instructor.
[Obs.]
Walker.
3.
(Episcopal Church)
A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.

Webster 1828 Edition


Institutor

IN'STITUTOR

,
Noun.
[L.] The person who establishes; one who enacts laws, rites and ceremonies, and enjoins the observance of them.
1.
The person who founds an order, sect, society or scheme for the promotion of a public or social object.
2.
An instructor; one who educates; as an institutor of youth.