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Rectoress

Rectoress \Rec"tor*ess\, n.

  1. A governess; a rectrix.
    --Drayton.

  2. The wife of a rector.
    --Thackeray.

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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.