Thesaurus: rector

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1. n. A ruler or governor.
2. 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.
3. n. A clergyman in charge of a parish.
4. n. The head master of a public school.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. n. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
8. 1. A ruler or governor.[R.] God is the supreme rector of the world. Sir M. Hale. 2. (a) (Ch. of Eng.) 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. Blackstone. (b) (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A clergyman in charge of a parish. 3. The head master of a public school. [Scot.] 4. 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. 5. (R.C.CH.) 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.
9. n:100 n a person authorized to conduct religious worship