Rector
['rektə] or ['rɛktɚ]
Definition
(n.) A ruler or governor.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A clergyman in charge of a parish.
(n.) The head master of a public school.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
Editor: Maureen
Definition
n. a ruler: in the Church of England a clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate and who accordingly has the whole right to the ecclesiastical dues therein: a common name for all incumbents in the Episcopal churches of the United States and (since 1890) Scotland: the head-master of a superior public school in Scotland Germany &c.: the chief elective officer of certain Scotch and French universities: the head of Lincoln and of Exeter Colleges Oxford &c.: (R.C.) an ecclesiastic in charge of a congregation a college or religious house esp. the head of a Jesuit seminary.—adjs. Rec′toral Rectō′rial pertaining to a rector or to a rectory—ns. Rec′torate Rec′torship; Rec′toress a female rector: a governess; Rec′tory the province or mansion of a rector.—Rector magnificus the head of a German university.—Lay rector a layman who enjoys the great tithes of a parish; Missionary rector (R.C.) a priest appointed to the charge of some important mission in England.
Typist: Sharif
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. In the Church of England the Third Person of the parochial Trinity the Curate and the Vicar being the other two.
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Examples
- It is really wonderful to think of Rudolph still being alive, mused Mrs Dengelton, taking no notice of the Rector's historical explanation. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I am pleased you like flowers, observed the Rector, looking at the joyous figure before him, which was bathed in sunshine; 'tis an innocent pleasure. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Well, there is something in that, said the Rector, with his quiet, inward laugh. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- By the way, observed the Rector abruptly, what about Eunice? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Oh my dear Sir James, said the Rector, don't let us make too much of all this. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I must now say good-by, said Caliphronas to the Rector, and thank you for your kindness. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I don't mean you, Rector, but the young people. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Bute Crawley, you are a fool, said the Rector's wife scornfully. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was ushered into the dining-room, where, doubtless, he speedily helped his rector to empty the decanters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But I think that keen-eyed old Rector— What! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Talking scandal is a very harmless occupation, and, as the Rector seems interested, I think I will go and hear the latest story of Belgravia. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Such contrivances are of no use, said the easy Rector. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Ah, that proverb is quite worn out, replied the Rector cheerily; try another, my boy, try another. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A bad case, murmured the Rector, shaking his gray head; a very bad case, which needs curing. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The Rector is our friend, and will manage to give it to her unknown to Mrs Dengelton. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I, for my part, object to the discussion of Human Nature, because that is the nature of rectors' wives. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The rectors passed to the full front; the parish clerks fell to the extreme rear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The rectors, their curates, and their churchwardens now issued from the church porch. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The rectors, of course, must be paramount, and they might be trusted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And now--solemn and sombre as to their colour, though bland enough as to their faces--appeared at the dining-room door the three rectors. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Amber