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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The study was published in the May 2026 issue of Cancer Letters, and was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
"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
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
They are discussed in Book 5 of Quintilian’s Institutes of the Orator, a work which dates to the first century CE.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The company told me that it’s “pleased with the analysis” and added, “we regularly provide data to credible and verified third-party research firms and institutes to ensure accuracy and factual representation in any public reporting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Several economic institutes upgraded their 2026 growth forecasts this week, predicting the economy would expand by 1.3 to 1.4 percent, substantially higher than just a few months ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
In 2018, Beijing cleared the way for researchers at state institutes and universities to start companies and market their technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Specimens came to be used as teaching aids at universities or by research institutes.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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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