Institutes

¹ British  

/ ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːts /

plural noun

1. an introduction to legal study in ancient Rome, compiled by order of Justinian and divided into four books forming part of the Corpus Juris Civilis

2. short for Institutes of the Christian Religion , the book by Calvin, completed in 1536 and constituting the basic statement of the Reformed faith, that repudiates papal authority and postulates the doctrines of justification by faith alone and predestination

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institutes ² British  

/ ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːts /

plural noun

1. a digest or summary, esp of laws

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Example Sentences

And even in the earliest Lyme studies, experts said, the National Institutes of Health had attempted to suss out longer-term damage.

From Slate

When confusion meets desperation, as it does when the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health cannot provide any clarity, patients and doctors may seek out unconventional answers.

From Slate

Leading institutes this month cut their growth forecasts for the German economy, with the Ifo institute predicting just 0.8-percent growth in 2026, down from 1.3 percent at its previous forecast.

From Barron's

In a civil settlement made public Tuesday, the Harvard Medical School affiliate resolved a lawsuit contending some of its scientists used National Institutes of Health grant funding to support publishing more than a dozen articles in scientific journals between 2014 and 2024 that contained misrepresented data and images.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a Nature study, researchers at Gladstone Institutes and Stanford University used a broad strategy that tests the impact of every gene in a cell, linking diseases and other traits to the underlying genetic systems that shape them.

From Science Daily