rector

[Rec·tor]

A rector is someone with the authority to lead others in religious worship and services. Rectors conduct mass.

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A ruler or governor.

Noun
a person authorized to conduct religious worship


n.
A ruler or governor.

n.
A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar.

n.
A clergyman in charge of a parish.

n.
The head master of a public school.

n.
The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford.

n.
The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.


Rector

Rec"tor (r?k"t?r), n. [L., fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to rule: cf. F. recteur. See Regiment, Right.] 1. A ruler or governor.[R.]
God is the supreme rector of the world.
2. (a) (Ch. of Eng.) A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar. Blackstone. (b) (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A clergyman in charge of a parish. 3. The head master of a public school. [Scot.] 4. The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford. 5. (R.C.CH.) The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.

A ruler or governor.

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