† ˈconditor Obs.
Also -our.
[a. L. conditor, agent-n. from condĕre: see condite a.2]
A founder; an institutor (of laws).
1534 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) Ff vj, Yf men lyued lyke men, and chaunged not the rule of conditours. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Conditor, a builder. |