| Rector (rector) |
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| n. | (r?k"t?r) |
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| Rec"tor |
| [L., fr.
regere, rectum, to lead straight, to rule: cf. F.
recteur. See Regiment, Right.]
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A ruler or governor.
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.
The head master of a public school.
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.
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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