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rectory|ˈrɛktərɪ|
[a. obs. F. rectorie (1394 in Du Cange), or ad. med.L. rectoria (1263 ibid.): see rector and -y3.]
1. An educational establishment under the control of a rector. Obs. exc. Hist.
1536Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 42 §1 Emolumentes..apperteynyng..unto the said Houses, Howses Collegiate, Rectories, Halles, Hostelles etc. within the said Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. 1919J. E. H. Thomson Mem. T. Dunlop ii. 19 All that remained of the Rectory or Pedagogy, that in pre-Reformation days represented the later University.
2. a. A benefice held by a rector.
1594West 2nd Pt. Symbol., Chancerie §110 One tenement..within the parish of C...and in the rectorie and personage of C. 1613Spelman Rights Ch. Eng. Wks. (1723) i. 1 A Rectory, or Parsonage, is a Spiritual Living, composed of Land, Tythe, and other Oblations of the People [etc.]. 1677Act 29 Chas. II, c. 8 §2 The said Vicars and Curates shall have remedy for the same either by Distress upon the Rectories Impropriate or Portions of Tythes charged therewith. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. xi. 374 When the clerk so presented is distinct from the vicar, the rectory thus vested in him becomes what is called a sine-cure. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 205 The tenant for life demised the rectory, which consisted of tithes only, reserving a rent. 1886Law Times Rep. LIII. 702/2 The sums payable to Dr. Cox out of the income of the united rectory.
b. The residence appertaining to a rector.
1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 158 The presentees..took possession of the rectories, cultivated the glebe lands, collected the tithes [etc.]. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 38 So that Rectory and Hall, Bound in an immemorial intimacy, Were open to each other.
attrib.1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede xvi, Arthur gave his horse to the groom at the Rectory gate.
†3. Rectorship; administration. Obs.
1640in Rep. Comm. Univ. Scot. (1830) 114 (Edinb.) The..office of Rectorie sall consist in the free and ample exerceis of the articlis underwriten. 1660Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον (1661) 131 Princes receive a singular Spirit of God for the Rectory of Iustice. 1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei 144 The day of Judgement..: when all Administration, Government, and Rectory shall cease. |