"rector" Definition

Definitions for the word "rector" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A ruler or governor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A clergyman in charge of a parish.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The head master of a public school.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 (in the church of england) incumbent of a parish where all tithes formerly passed to the incumbent (cf. *vicar). 2 rc ch. Priest in charge of a church or religious institution. 3 head of some universities and colleges. rectorship n. [latin rego rect- rule]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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