Definition of rector

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Rector (n.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.

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Rector :: Rector (n.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.
Parson :: Parson (n.) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls..
Mandator :: Mandator (n.) A director; one who gives a mandate or order.
Bishop :: Bishop (n.) A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director..
Rector :: Rector (n.) The head master of a public school.
Curate :: Curate (n.) One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar..
Director :: Director (n.) A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action.
Rectress :: Rectress (n.) A rectoress.
Conductor :: Conductor (n.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
Rector :: 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..
Correctory :: Correctory (a.) Containing or making correction; corrective.
Chastiser :: Chastiser (n.) One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.
Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..
Corrector :: Corrector (n.) One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids..
Institutor :: Institutor (n.) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.
Rectorship :: Rectorship (n.) The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
Manager :: Manager (n.) One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater..
Perfoliate :: Perfoliate (a.) Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.
Director :: Director (n.) A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath..
Rectories :: Rectories (pl. ) of Rector.
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