Rector(n.) A ruler or governor.
Rector(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.
Rector(n.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.
Rector(n.) The head master of a public school.
Rector(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.
Rector(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.
Rectoral(a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor.
Rectorate(n.) The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
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