rector

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  1. noun A cleric in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
  2. noun An Anglican cleric who has charge of a parish and owns the tithes from it.
  3. noun A Roman Catholic priest appointed to be managerial as well as spiritual head of a church or other institution, such as a seminary or university.
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  • He remembered that when he looked at Mr. Copeland he saw that his lips were moving, and realised, with embarrassment, that the rector was at prayer. —  Overture to Death - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 08: 1939
  • My contempt for the rector was grown more than ever. —  Richard Carvel
  • The chaplaincy is held by the Rector of St Margaret's, across the street from the Commons and next to Westminster Abbey, where the rector is also a canon.
  • Between the sketch of Christian Philosophy in the discourse written for the rector, and the Christian Institutes, there is, nevertheless, a contrast too striking to be overlooked. —  The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
  • What happened upon those other days, when the rector was abandoned to the rows of empty pews, was still a matter of profane conjecture. —  The Brentons
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rēctor, director, from , rēctus past participle of regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. =Old French retteur, recteur, French recteur =Provencal Spanish rector =Portuguese rector, reitor =Italian rettore, from Latin rector, a ruler, director, rector, from re-gere, past participle rectus, rule: see regent.
 

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