Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The office or rank of rector; the period of incumbency of a rector.
  • Same as rectorial.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.

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  • noun The office of a rector

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the office or station of a rector

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Examples

  • [Begin recording] [Castro] Don't you think the rectorate is a little large?

    CASTRO TOURS CAMAGUEY 1989

  • [Begin recording] [Castro] Don't you think the rectorate is a little large?

    Castro Speaks at 36th Moncada Anniversary 1989

  • The first prefect of studies appointed under his rectorate was the famous Pietro Tamburini, who afterwards became the leader of Jansenism at Pavia.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Head of the Lviv Regional Administration responsible for humanitarian affairs called the rectorate and asked for statistics on the number of students participating in the demonstrations.

    www.kyivpost.com 2010

  • At 6: 35 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time on Aug. 7, India's D.rectorate General of Civil Aviation in New D.lhi sent a message to the Kolkata controllers canceling permission, according to D. Guin, a supervisor at Kolkata Air Traffic Control.

    North Korean Plane Was Grounded at U.S. Request 2008

  • The Lord had tempered the wind of misfortune with a rectorate in the north country.

    The Virgin and the Gypsy 2003

  • Having entered the ministry in 1837, he had accepted the rectorate of the small Episcopal church in Lexington, Virginia.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Having entered the ministry in 1837, he had accepted the rectorate of the small Episcopal church in Lexington, Virginia.

    LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001

  • Gauteng in Soshanguve near Pretoria, the chairman of the council and the rectorate will on Tuesday meet to discuss students 'demands following a protest at the technikon on Monday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • He added that the SRC was not prepared to negotiate with the rectorate but would be demanding the endorsement of their demands and wanted the matter to be resolved urgently.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

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