adj. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
adj. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
adj. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Tending or intended to institute or establish.
Established; depending on institution.
Word Usage
"HAVING set forth, in the two preceding chapters, the nature of a commonwealth institutive, by the consent of many men together; I come now to speak of dominion, or a body politic by acquisition, which is commonly called a patrimonial kingdom."