Crossword clues for rector
rector
- College official
- Parish leader
- One paid for services rendered?
- Parish head
- A person authorized to conduct religious worship
- Principal's kin
- Head priest at a religious house
- Head of some schools
- Clergyman or college bigwig
- Clergyman or schoolman
- University head
- Principal's cousin
- Minister upset church before interrupting bishop
- Clergyman in park on hill
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rector \Rec"tor\ (r?k"t?r), n. [L., fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to rule: cf. F. recteur. See Regiment, Right.]
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A ruler or governor. [R.]
God is the supreme rector of the world.
--Sir M. Hale. (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.(Prot. Epis. Ch.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.
The head master of a public school. [Scot.]
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.
(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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c. (early 13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Latin rector "ruler, governor, director, guide," from rect-, past participle stem of regere "to rule, guide" (see regal). Used originally of Roman governors and God, by 18c. generally restricted to clergymen and college heads. Related: Rectorship.
Wiktionary
n. In the Anglican church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
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Wikipedia
A rector ("ruler", from the Latin regere and rector meaning "ruler" in Latin) is a term used in non-English-speaking countries for a university chancellor. In the sphere of academia, it is the highest academic official of many universities and in certain other institutions of higher education, as well as in some secondary-level schools. The term and office of a rector are called a rectorate. The title is used widely in universities in Europe. and is very common in Latin American countries. It is also used in Brunei, Turkey, Russia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Israel and the Middle East. In some universities, the title is phrased in an even loftier manner, as Lord Rector.
This term is generally not used in English-speaking countries. In England and elsewhere in Great Britain, the head of a university is traditionally referred to as a " chancellor". This pattern has been followed in the Commonwealth, the United States, and other countries formerly under British influence. In Scotland, many universities are headed by a chancellor, with the Lord Rector designated as an elected representative of students at the head of the university court.
Rector may refer to:
- Rector (ecclesiastical)
- Rector (academia)
- Rector (politics)
- Rector, Arkansas
- Rector (surname)
- Rector, a community in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Rectors and rectorates in politics and administration included:
Rector is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Rector, professor of medical informatics
- Anne Elizabeth Rector, American artist and author
- Edward F. Rector, United States Air Force
- Enoch J. Rector, American boxing film promoter
- Giovanni Rector, South African football (soccer) player
- Henry Massey Rector, governor of Arkansas
- Jamaica Rector, American football player
- James Rector, athlete
- James Rector (student), "Bloody Thursday" victim
- James Ward Rector, American jurist
- Jeff Rector, American actor
- Joe A. Rector, American/Cherokee artist
- Liam Rector, American poet
- Ricky Ray Rector, executed murderer
- Robert Rector, American author
- Ron Rector, American football player
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Usage examples of "rector".
And Brat, who had no love for the Cloth, found himself liking the Rector.
The Rector had meant to put the whisky in the tea, as a toddy, but he poured a stiff one now and Brat drank it.
Only the Rector, Bee, Charles, Eleanor, and the firm of Cosset, Thring and Noble knew, so far, that Brat was not Patrick Ashby.
When he was twenty-one years old his money was to come into his own hands, and the best thing he could do with it would be to buy the next presentation to a living, the rector of which was now old, and live on his mastership or tutorship till the living fell in.
A letter from the rector since had warned him that they were full of enthusiasm about his sermon and himself and that a call to the rectorship of the church was imminent.
The Rector of Worsted Skeynes was not tall, and his head had been rendered somewhat bald by thought.
The Rector of Worsted Skeynes saw, too, that her eyes were closed, her lips parted.
Tea at Worsted Skeynes was served in the hall on Sundays, and was usually attended by the Rector and his wife.
Bee and Cecil Tharp into the conservatory, and left the two men together: CHAPTER II CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF THE REVEREND HUSSELL BARTER To understand and sympathise with the feelings and action of the Rector of Worsted Skeynes, one must consider his origin and the circumstances of his life.
Just as round the hereditary principle are grouped the State, the Church, Law, and Philanthropy, so round the dining-table at Worsted Skeynes sat the Squire, the Rector, Mr.
His manner had nothing uneasy or dogged about it, like that of many poor rectors whose existence or whose power is contested by their parishioners, and who instead of being, as Napoleon sublimely said, the moral leaders of the population and the natural justices of peace, are treated as enemies.
Now this vestryman is probably telling everybody how the rector pokes fun of this poor miserable Happy Beans.
No one imagined he had forgotten the attitude the rector of the University of Cordova had assumed towards his consecration, and still the Bishop seemed to show more favour to the Jesuits in Asuncion than to the members of the other religious communities.
Just as Clara Gazul is the female pseudonym of a distinguished male writer, George Sand the masculine pseudonym of a woman of genius, so Camille Maupin was the mask behind which was long hidden a charming young woman, very well-born, a Breton, named Felicite des Touches, the person who was now causing such lively anxiety to the Baronne du Guenic and the excellent rector of Guerande.
At that time the Bishop Count of Beauvais was Pierre Cauchon of Reims, a great and pompous clerk of the University of Paris, which had elected him rector in 1403.