The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rectoress
Rectoress \Rec"tor*ess\, n.
A governess; a rectrix.
--Drayton.The wife of a rector.
--Thackeray.
Wiktionary
rectoress
n. 1 A governess; a rectrix. 2 The wife of a rector.
Usage examples of "rectoress".
In this way the worthy Rectoress consoled herself, and her daughters sighed and sat over the Peerage all night.