单词 | rectorial |
释义 | rectorialadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to the rector of a university, esp. a Scottish university. rectorial address n. a lecture given to students by the rector of a Scottish university, typically upon inauguration. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [adjective] > rector rectorial1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Rectorial Rectoriall, Rector-like; belonging to a Rector, or Vicechancelor. 1749 St. Andrews Univ. Minutes 8 Apr. (MS.) Principal Munsin caused put the Rectorial robes on Principal Tullideph,..and delivered to him the Rectorial books. 1830 Rep. Comm. Univ. Scot. App. 317 A resolution of the Rectorial Court. 1843 Memorial in Rep. St. Andrews Univ. Comm. (1845) App. xi. 2 At the late Rectorial election. 1884 Congregationalist Nov. 951 Many years have passed away since we listened to a rectorial address in the old college hall. 1925 J. Buchan Castle Gay (1956) ii. 41 The violence without bitterness which is the happy mark of Scottish rectorial contests. 1959 M. Polanyi Stud. Man iii. 83 Windelband's rectorial allocution of 1894..first effectively declared the secession of history from the natural sciences. 1985 P. Devlin Easing Passing (1986) vi. 39 Lord Chancellor Birkenhead has spurred the hearts of the young..with his rectorial address to the students of Glasgow University. 1998 Independent 18 May i. 17/4 A student tells me that she voted for him in the rectorial elections because, when he came to speak to them, ‘he just sounded so genuine’. 2. Of or belonging to the rector of a parish. rectorial tithe n. now historical a predial tithe paid on agricultural products produced in large quantities, such as grain, hay, and wood, due to the rector of the parish; cf. tithe n.2 1a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > rector > [adjective] rectoral1675 rectorial1702 1702 Dr. Dent his Case (single sheet) The Lordship at Handby contains full 800 Acres, and is now Let or Valued at near 500 per Annum Rent, of which the Vicars should have Rectorial Tythes. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. Index Rectorial Tithes. 1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 79 The church of Bewcastle, dedicated to St. Mary, is rectorial. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism p. xlvi In his stall at Canterbury,..but still more impressively in his Rectorial mansion. 1884 A. Jessopp in 19th Cent. Jan. 119 Every vicarage in England represents a spoliation of the church, whose rectorial tithes had been appropriated by a religious house. 1933 Times 7 Feb. 15/3 Revenues which were rectorial revenues for the support of spiritual ministrations in the ancient parish of Manchester should..be transferred for the maintenance of a building. 1963 C. Hill Econ. Probl. of Church v. 99 Rectorial tithes, so much more important in medieval society, were calculated with nicer accuracy than vicarial. 1997 Church Times 21 Feb. 10/4 The parish grew rapidly..and the area became a rectorial benefice, using the two church schools for worship each Sunday. 3. Of or relating to a ruler, governor, or superior. Now rare.In later use only translating or with reference to H. Grotius De Jure Belli (1625). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [adjective] rectoral1675 gubernatrix1677 rectorial1709 1709 Vox Populi, Vox Dei 6 Such an Endeavour..deprives him [sc. the King] of all rightful and legal Claim of Rectorial Authority over the Society. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism vii. 293 The perpetual rectorial authority [of the popes]. 1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli I. 4 We may call them respectively Equatorial Rights and Rectorial Rights. 1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli II. 425 Justice, also, that is, rectorial justice. 1999 C. Reus-Smit Moral Purpose of State v. 105 According to Grotius, the rectorial law of the superior, and the public rights of the state, always take precedence. B. n. Also with capital initial. An election for the office of rector of a Scottish university. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > rector at Scottish university > election of rectorial1899 1899 Student (Edinb. Univ.) 2 Nov. 41 One student writes protesting against the enormities of the Rectorial. 1923 Glasgow Herald 26 July 6 The torchlight procession on the night of the Rectorial. 1968 Guardian 30 Oct. 16/4 Edinburgh has never known a rectorial like this. 2003 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 24 Jan. 19 Beaten in the St Andrews University rectorial by former Liberal MP Sir Clement Freud, she seems likely to be nominated by Edinburgh University students. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1611 |
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