Definition of rector

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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..

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Guider :: Guider (n.) A guide; a director.
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..
Rectorate :: Rectorate (n.) The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship..
Directorial :: Directorial (a.) Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive..
Director :: Director (n.) One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent..
Prorector :: Prorector (n.) An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university.
Directorate :: Directorate (n.) The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly..
Directorial :: Directorial (a.) Pertaining to: director or directory; specifically, relating to the Directory of France under the first republic. See Directory, 3..
Staff :: Staff (n.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder..
Rector :: 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.
Sternforemost :: Sterner (n.) A director.
Rector :: 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..
Directorship :: Directorship (n.) The condition or office of a director; directorate.
Erector :: Erector (n.) A muscle which raises any part.
Rectrix :: Rectrix (n.) A governess; a rectoress.
Rectress :: Rectress (n.) A rectoress.
Director :: Director (n.) A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action.
Chastiser :: Chastiser (n.) One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister..
Rectory :: Rectory (n.) A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.
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