Word
Rector
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
rec-tor
Definition
- 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.
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