单词 | pro-rector |
释义 | pro-rectorn. The deputy of a rector in a university, college, or other institution of higher education; a vice-rector. Cf. rector n. 3a.Originally used with reference to similarly titled posts in non-English-speaking countries (as an equivalent of German Prorektor, etc.); later also in Scottish universities, and subsequently elsewhere. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > rector at Scottish university rector1522 pro-rectora1630 society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > principal principal1438 rector1523 pro-rector1886 a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) iv. i. 306 If it happen that any Baron or Prince be Student in the Vniversity, they vse to chuse him Rector for the yeare, and he vseth to chuse for his Prorector or Substitute, him who by order and course should haue otherwise beene Rector that yeare. 1660 S. Clarke Gen. Martyrologie (new ed.) 453 The Free-schoole [in Silesia], which had a learned man of the forementioned Confession appointed over it, by the title of Pro-rector. 1739 Minutes Senatus Academicus St. Andrews Univ. Archives: UYUY452/4/298–299 27 Apr. Prof. Tullideph was chosen to be praeses & Pro-Rector untill the Rector last elected shall accept, or a new one elected. 1782 R. Dominiceti Diss. Artific. Medicated Water Baths (ed. 2) p. ix The illustrious and sage Angelo Schiavetti, Canon of Mount Sicilis of Bergamo, publick Professor of Metaphysics; Pro-Rector and Syndick of the Masters of Arts of the said University. 1839 J. L. Motley Morton's Hope II. xiii. 4 The pro-rector of a [German] university is [addressed as] His Magnificence. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Aug. 4/2 The pro-rectors..of the several [German] universities represented [at Heidelberg] wore their gold chains of office. 1955 Times 21 June 12/3 A dinner was held last night at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in honour of Professor H. H. Read, F.R.S., Pro-Rector and Professor of Geology. 1995 D. Deletant Ceauşescu & Securitate iv. 112 The image of consensus was shattered by the suicide of a pro-rector of Bolyai University, László Szabedi. Derivatives pro-ˈrectorate n. now rare the position or office of pro-rector. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > rector at Scottish university > office of rectory1572 rectorship1582 pro-rectorate1815 1815 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. X. 143/2 Having resigned the pro-rectorate in 1721, and in a discourse delivered on that occasion, compared the principles of Confucius and the Chinese with his own..a violent outcry was raised against him. 1863 W. C. Dowding Life & Corr. G. Calixtus xxii. 203 The duties of the prorectorate have occupied and distracted me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1630 |
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