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rector |
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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