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  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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  institutes

  plural noun

  a digest or summary, esp of laws

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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"Are we not closing it because we believe the Goethe Institutes in Russia would then be closed in retaliation?" he asked.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

The study was supported by grant HL157665 from the National Institutes of Health.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

In response, the National Institutes of Health and other agencies paused research projects with any possibility of falling under that description or any possibility of causing harm to human populations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

There is nothing unfamiliar about this; indeed, we’ve been engaged in a coordinated national effort for over two decades, through the established processes of the National Institutes of Health.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

German growth this year is set to come in stronger than previously estimated, leading research institutes said Thursday, as Europe's biggest economy withstands the fallout from the Middle East war.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

He also pointed to the inequity the institute is designed to address: At elite private universities with similar institutes, students benefit from informal access to former officeholders and well-funded internship and job pipelines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 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

He runs the new neuroimaging lab at the University of California at San Francisco, one of the world’s leading scientific institutes.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel