Institutes
plural noun
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
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institutesplural nouna digest or summary, esp of laws
Institutes
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/ ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːts /
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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
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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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/ ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːts /
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Obesity also is a risk factor that increases the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to the National Institutes of Health.
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Examples of model programs the White House says should be emulated include a prestigious National Science Foundation program for graduate students and a National Institutes of Health award for creative scientists.
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The National Institutes of Health, for example, awarded out about $427 million in federal research funds to UC San Diego last year.
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Additional funding came from the National Institutes of Health through grant number R25CA225513 and the National Cancer Institute through grant number P30CA014089.
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He was followed by the Spanish-born Quintilian, who wrote the magnificently punchy and pragmatic Institutes of Oratory—looking wistfully back to the master—in the first century ad.
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There's been great progress in education enrolment and the number of private colleges and vocational training institutes have gone up exponentially in the last two decades.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Purchases or purchase orders by government-linked buyers — local governments, state-backed industrial parks, public research institutes, state-owned companies and government-funded demonstration projects — have soared.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Whether civics institutes will support discourse across ideological lines or mimic the ideological conformity they decry remains to be seen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Leading economic institutes this month slashed their growth forecast for Germany to just 0.6 percent for 2026, down from a pre-war prediction of 1.3 percent.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
In this, somewhat unexpectedly, he was opposed by T. H. Huxley, who believed that museums should be primarily research institutes.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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