institutum

īnstitūtum ī, n

P. of instituo, a purpose, intention, design : consulatūs tui: pauca de instituto meo dicere: huius libri.— A practice, custom, usage, habit : hi linguā, institutis differunt, Cs.: meretricium: utor instituto meo: abduci ab institutis suis, principles : aliorum instituto fecisse, precedent : contra omnium instituta, precedents : instituto suo copias eduxit, Cs.: militem ex instituto dare, according to usage , L.— An institution, ordinance, decree, regulation : praetoris: instituta maiorum domi militiaeque, S.: omnia traditis institutis acta: patriae, N.: duarum vitarum instituta, plans.—Plur., principles, elements : philosophiae.