vice-rectorn.
/ˌvʌɪsˈrɛktə/, U.S. /ˌvaɪsˈrɛktər/ A deputy rector (of a theological college).
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > rector > [noun] > vice-rector
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > seminary > [noun] > staff of
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seminarists1670
1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime iii. 12 Entire obseruance and duty to bee performed to the Rector.., next to the Vice-Rector as his minister.
1824 in Ushaw Mag. Dec. (1913) 259 Your late worthy Vice Rector has been at Ushaw some days.
1890 J. Morris in Month Apr. 491 With Dr. Ferdinand English, then Vice-Rector of the English College at Rome,..I left England.
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vice-ˈrectorship n.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > head of college > position of
vice-rectorship1856
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > rector > [noun] > office of rector > office of vice-rector
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1856 J. Morris in J. H. Pollen Life & Lett. J. Morris (1896) vii. 165 When the Vice-Rectorship of the English College was offered me, I did not hesitate to accept it.
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