Rector

Noun

 * 1) In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
 * 2) In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
 * 3) A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.

Related terms

 * rectorate
 * rectorial
 * rectory
 * rectrix

Adjectives for Rector
lisping; stern; devout; earnest; pious.

Verbs for Rector
consult—; support—; unfrock—; —administers; —admonishes; —announces; —conducts; —crusades; —directs; —governs; —guides; —ministers; —orates; —preaches; —prepares; —prescribes; —presides; — supervises.

Thesaurus
DD, Doctor of Divinity, Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, Holy Joe, abbe, abuna, academic dean, administration, administrator, agent, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop, bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop, cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chancellor, chaplain, churchman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, clerk, coadjutor, conductor, curate, cure, dean, dean of men, dean of women, deputy, diocesan, directeur, director, divine, ecclesiarch, ecclesiastic, exarch, governor, headmaster, headmistress, hierarch, high priest, impresario, intendant, man of God, manager, master, metropolitan, military chaplain, minister, padre, papa, parson, pastor, patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, pope, prebendary, prelate, president, primate, principal, producer, provost, responsible person, reverend, rural dean, servant of God, shepherd, sky pilot, subdean, suffragan, supercargo, supply clergy, supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend, tonsured cleric, vicar, vice-chancellor

Etymology
From, itself from rectus, past participle of regere 'to direct'

Translations

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 * Polish: proboszcz
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 * Esperanto: rektoro
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 * : župnik

Noun

 * 1) guide, leader, director, ruler, master
 * 2) governor
 * 3) tutor, instructor, teacher

Adjective

 * 1) governing, directing

Noun

 * 1) rector

Etymology
rector:.