4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rector  \Rec"tor\  (r?k"t?r),  n.  [L.,  fr  regere,  rectum,  to  lead 
  straight,  to  rule:  cf  F.  recteur  See  {Regiment},  {Right}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rector 
  n  :  a  person  authorized  to  conduct  religious  worship  [syn:  {curate}, 
  {minister},  {parson},  {pastor}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Rector,  AR  (city,  FIPS  58490) 
  Location:  36.26424  N,  90.29334  W 
  Population  (1990):  2268  (1084  housing  units) 
  Area:  3.4  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  72461 
  Rector,  PA 
  Zip  code(s):  15677 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  RECTOR,  n.  In  the  Church  of  England,  the  Third  Person  of  the 
  parochial  Trinity,  the  Cruate  and  the  Vicar  being  the  other  two 
 
 

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