Definition of rector

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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..

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Rectorship :: Rectorship (n.) The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
Rectoress :: Rectoress (n.) The wife of a rector.
Prorectorate :: Prorectorate (n.) The office of prorector.
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..
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..
Rectorate :: Rectorate (n.) The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship..
Directory :: Directory (a.) Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
Directer :: Directer (n.) One who directs; a director.
Rectorial :: Rectorial (a.) Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral.
Directorial :: Directorial (a.) Pertaining to: director or directory; specifically, relating to the Directory of France under the first republic. See Directory, 3..
Directory :: Directory (n.) Direction; guide.
Direction :: Direction (n.) The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
Shopwalker :: Shopwalker (n.) One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.
Institutor :: Institutor (n.) A presbyter appointed by the bishop to institute a rector or assistant minister over a parish church.
Boss :: Boss (n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
Rectory :: Rectory (n.) The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes..
Rectory :: Rectory (n.) A rector's mansion; a parsonage house.
Guider :: Guider (n.) A guide; a director.
Directorate :: Directorate (n.) The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly..
Directory :: Directory (n.) A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book..
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