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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
• institutes
  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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Obesity also is a risk factor that increases the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to the National Institutes of Health.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

The National Institutes of Health, for example, awarded out about $427 million in federal research funds to UC San Diego last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Additional funding came from the National Institutes of Health through grant number R25CA225513 and the National Cancer Institute through grant number P30CA014089.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

Some Chinese analysts see the turnover of UK prime ministers as a sign of instability, and what Zhang Jian, from China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, calls the country's "identity crisis" since Brexit.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

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.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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

“What happened during that period was that a consensus emerged,” Eustis said, noting that it was expressed in the form of national endowments, state arts agencies, public policy institutes and corporate philanthropic departments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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

In private, German officials say some relabeling has happened but nowhere near the level alleged by the institutes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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