Definition of rector in English:

rector

noun ˈrɛktəˈrɛktər

1(in the Church of England) the incumbent of a parish where all tithes formerly passed to the incumbent.
Compare with vicar
Example sentencesExamples
- The farmers now decided that they should also get some relief in their Tithe payments and deputations went to the rectors in the parish.
- I think it's hard sometimes, when new rectors are appointed to churches, for congregations to be completely open in their welcome.
- The eldest son is the rector of four conjoined parishes nearby.
- The husband of a church rector will be pedalling 1,000 miles to raise money to repair the church roof.
- Tickets are available from the rector, church wardens and the parish office.
1. 1.1 (in other Anglican Churches) a member of the clergy who has charge of a parish.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The new rector of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Orkney, Reverend Alison Duff, was installed into her charge at a service in Kirkwall on Wednesday night.
  Sandy's friend, the Anglican priest and rector of St. Anne's, the Reverend John Gordon, would officiate.
  The Reverend William Matheus, another member, was assistant rector at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, a bulwark of progressive social causes.
  ‘The font was used to baptise Dr Kathleen Lynn; her father was the Anglican rector of the parish in 1874,’ pointed out a local.
  According to the bishop of London the Anglican rector of South Hackney helped create the shrines, which were visited by the Queen in 1917.
  Synonyms
  minister, priest, parson, minister of religion, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, churchman, churchwoman, ecclesiastic, pastor, father, man of the cloth, woman of the cloth, man of god, woman of god, curate, chaplain, curé, presbyter, preacher, lay preacher, evangelist, divine
2. 1.2 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest in charge of a church or of a religious institution.
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the site is fully restored, the local rector Rev Lynda Peilow and the Roman Catholic priest Fr Gerard O'Byrne will hold a ceremony and remaining family members of those buried there will be invited to attend.
2The head of certain universities, colleges, and schools.
Example sentencesExamples
- The university rector is asked to form a team of Papuan intellectuals to start the process.
- The rector or another faculty member leads grace.
- The responsibilities of university rectors and senior administrators are not clearly defined.
- A former rector of the college, he said: ‘At the moment, we do not feel under threat from that direction.’
- The university rector was appointed for four years by the minister of education and was subordinate to the curator of his educational district.
Synonyms
head, chief, director, leader, governor, principal, master, chancellor, vice chancellor, dean, warden, provost, captain, figurehead
1. 2.1 (in Scotland) an elected representative of students on a university's governing body.
  Example sentencesExamples
  That was what he told the students of Edinburgh University in his inaugural address as their rector.
  This defiance is surely what appealed to the Glasgow students who voted him rector.
  Both have been nominated by students as potential rectors of St Andrews University in Scotland.
  The rector is the senior representative for the university's 17,000 students and chairs the University Court, which is the governing body for the whole university.
  Brown, with his trademark long hair and tweed jackets, had undertaken a well organised campaign to be elected rector, a post unique to Scottish universities.

Derivatives

rectorate

noun ˈrɛktərətˈrɛkt(ə)rət

The dispute came to a head when both the rectorate and the foundation placed separate advertisements stating differing versions of the requirements for student applicants.

rectorial

adjective rɛkˈtɔːrɪəlrɛkˈtɔriəl

A few years ago, when rectorial elections rolled around at St Andrews University, a group of us decided to run Germaine Greer for the post.
Example sentencesExamples
- A rectorial election is a peculiarly Scottish institution.
- The perceived wisdom is that the Young Toffs supported Neil's rectorial campaign.
- Ashleworth church, barn, and Court comprise an excellent example of an Augustinian rectorial manor.
- The protagonists of the story were real students of the time, and the cause of their dispute - a heated argument between the rival camps during a rectorial election - is all too plausible.

rectorship

noun ˈrɛktəʃɪpˈrɛktərˌʃɪp

Two people remain in the running for the rectorship of the University of Indonesia after its board of trustees dropped two candidates during a vote on Monday.
Example sentencesExamples
- As well as the rectorship, Ruffini held a chair of applied mathematics, a chair of practical medicine and a chair of clinical medicine in the University of Modena.
- The rectorship means committing oneself to leading this university spiritually and intellectually.
- Another kind of glory was the opening, during Morgan's rectorship, of The Free Chapel at Prince and Thompson Streets to serve the poor.
- However, he regarded his rectorship as the most important thing in his life, even more important than his mathematical research.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin rector 'ruler', from rect- 'ruled', from the verb regere.

see regency, vicar

Rhymes

bisector, collector, connector, convector, corrector, defector, deflector, detector, director, ejector, elector, erector, hector, injector, inspector, nectar, objector, perfecter, projector, prospector, protector, reflector, rejector, respecter, sector, selector, Spector, spectre (US specter), vector

Definition of rector in US English:

rector

nounˈrektərˈrɛktər

1(in the Episcopal Church) a member of the clergy who has charge of a parish.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sandy's friend, the Anglican priest and rector of St. Anne's, the Reverend John Gordon, would officiate.
- According to the bishop of London the Anglican rector of South Hackney helped create the shrines, which were visited by the Queen in 1917.
- ‘The font was used to baptise Dr Kathleen Lynn; her father was the Anglican rector of the parish in 1874,’ pointed out a local.
- The new rector of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Orkney, Reverend Alison Duff, was installed into her charge at a service in Kirkwall on Wednesday night.
- The Reverend William Matheus, another member, was assistant rector at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, a bulwark of progressive social causes.
Synonyms
minister, priest, parson, minister of religion, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, churchman, churchwoman, ecclesiastic, pastor, father, man of the cloth, woman of the cloth, man of god, woman of god, curate, chaplain, curé, presbyter, preacher, lay preacher, evangelist, divine
1. 1.1 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest in charge of a church or of a religious institution.
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the site is fully restored, the local rector Rev Lynda Peilow and the Roman Catholic priest Fr Gerard O'Byrne will hold a ceremony and remaining family members of those buried there will be invited to attend.
2. 1.2 (in the Church of England) the incumbent of a parish where all tithes formerly passed to the incumbent.
  Compare with vicar
  Example sentencesExamples
  I think it's hard sometimes, when new rectors are appointed to churches, for congregations to be completely open in their welcome.
  The eldest son is the rector of four conjoined parishes nearby.
  The farmers now decided that they should also get some relief in their Tithe payments and deputations went to the rectors in the parish.
  Tickets are available from the rector, church wardens and the parish office.
  The husband of a church rector will be pedalling 1,000 miles to raise money to repair the church roof.
2The head of certain universities, colleges, and schools.
Example sentencesExamples
- The university rector is asked to form a team of Papuan intellectuals to start the process.
- The responsibilities of university rectors and senior administrators are not clearly defined.
- A former rector of the college, he said: ‘At the moment, we do not feel under threat from that direction.’
- The university rector was appointed for four years by the minister of education and was subordinate to the curator of his educational district.
- The rector or another faculty member leads grace.
Synonyms
head, chief, director, leader, governor, principal, master, chancellor, vice chancellor, dean, warden, provost, captain, figurehead

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin rector ‘ruler’, from rect- ‘ruled’, from the verb regere.

单词	rector
释义	Definition of rector in English: rector noun ˈrɛktəˈrɛktər 1(in the Church of England) the incumbent of a parish where all tithes formerly passed to the incumbent. Compare with vicar Example sentencesExamples The farmers now decided that they should also get some relief in their Tithe payments and deputations went to the rectors in the parish. I think it's hard sometimes, when new rectors are appointed to churches, for congregations to be completely open in their welcome. The eldest son is the rector of four conjoined parishes nearby. The husband of a church rector will be pedalling 1,000 miles to raise money to repair the church roof. Tickets are available from the rector, church wardens and the parish office. 1.1 (in other Anglican Churches) a member of the clergy who has charge of a parish. Example sentencesExamples The new rector of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Orkney, Reverend Alison Duff, was installed into her charge at a service in Kirkwall on Wednesday night. Sandy's friend, the Anglican priest and rector of St. Anne's, the Reverend John Gordon, would officiate. The Reverend William Matheus, another member, was assistant rector at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, a bulwark of progressive social causes. ‘The font was used to baptise Dr Kathleen Lynn; her father was the Anglican rector of the parish in 1874,’ pointed out a local. According to the bishop of London the Anglican rector of South Hackney helped create the shrines, which were visited by the Queen in 1917. Synonyms minister, priest, parson, minister of religion, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, churchman, churchwoman, ecclesiastic, pastor, father, man of the cloth, woman of the cloth, man of god, woman of god, curate, chaplain, curé, presbyter, preacher, lay preacher, evangelist, divine 1.2 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest in charge of a church or of a religious institution. Example sentencesExamples When the site is fully restored, the local rector Rev Lynda Peilow and the Roman Catholic priest Fr Gerard O'Byrne will hold a ceremony and remaining family members of those buried there will be invited to attend. 2The head of certain universities, colleges, and schools. Example sentencesExamples The university rector is asked to form a team of Papuan intellectuals to start the process. The rector or another faculty member leads grace. The responsibilities of university rectors and senior administrators are not clearly defined. A former rector of the college, he said: ‘At the moment, we do not feel under threat from that direction.’ The university rector was appointed for four years by the minister of education and was subordinate to the curator of his educational district. Synonyms head, chief, director, leader, governor, principal, master, chancellor, vice chancellor, dean, warden, provost, captain, figurehead 2.1 (in Scotland) an elected representative of students on a university's governing body. Example sentencesExamples That was what he told the students of Edinburgh University in his inaugural address as their rector. This defiance is surely what appealed to the Glasgow students who voted him rector. Both have been nominated by students as potential rectors of St Andrews University in Scotland. The rector is the senior representative for the university's 17,000 students and chairs the University Court, which is the governing body for the whole university. Brown, with his trademark long hair and tweed jackets, had undertaken a well organised campaign to be elected rector, a post unique to Scottish universities. Derivatives rectorate noun ˈrɛktərətˈrɛkt(ə)rət The dispute came to a head when both the rectorate and the foundation placed separate advertisements stating differing versions of the requirements for student applicants. rectorial adjective rɛkˈtɔːrɪəlrɛkˈtɔriəl A few years ago, when rectorial elections rolled around at St Andrews University, a group of us decided to run Germaine Greer for the post. Example sentencesExamples A rectorial election is a peculiarly Scottish institution. The perceived wisdom is that the Young Toffs supported Neil's rectorial campaign. Ashleworth church, barn, and Court comprise an excellent example of an Augustinian rectorial manor. The protagonists of the story were real students of the time, and the cause of their dispute - a heated argument between the rival camps during a rectorial election - is all too plausible. rectorship noun ˈrɛktəʃɪpˈrɛktərˌʃɪp Two people remain in the running for the rectorship of the University of Indonesia after its board of trustees dropped two candidates during a vote on Monday. Example sentencesExamples As well as the rectorship, Ruffini held a chair of applied mathematics, a chair of practical medicine and a chair of clinical medicine in the University of Modena. The rectorship means committing oneself to leading this university spiritually and intellectually. Another kind of glory was the opening, during Morgan's rectorship, of The Free Chapel at Prince and Thompson Streets to serve the poor. However, he regarded his rectorship as the most important thing in his life, even more important than his mathematical research. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin rector 'ruler', from rect- 'ruled', from the verb regere. see regency, vicar Rhymes bisector, collector, connector, convector, corrector, defector, deflector, detector, director, ejector, elector, erector, hector, injector, inspector, nectar, objector, perfecter, projector, prospector, protector, reflector, rejector, respecter, sector, selector, Spector, spectre (US specter), vector Definition of rector in US English: rector nounˈrektərˈrɛktər 1(in the Episcopal Church) a member of the clergy who has charge of a parish. Example sentencesExamples Sandy's friend, the Anglican priest and rector of St. Anne's, the Reverend John Gordon, would officiate. According to the bishop of London the Anglican rector of South Hackney helped create the shrines, which were visited by the Queen in 1917. ‘The font was used to baptise Dr Kathleen Lynn; her father was the Anglican rector of the parish in 1874,’ pointed out a local. The new rector of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Orkney, Reverend Alison Duff, was installed into her charge at a service in Kirkwall on Wednesday night. The Reverend William Matheus, another member, was assistant rector at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, a bulwark of progressive social causes. Synonyms minister, priest, parson, minister of religion, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, churchman, churchwoman, ecclesiastic, pastor, father, man of the cloth, woman of the cloth, man of god, woman of god, curate, chaplain, curé, presbyter, preacher, lay preacher, evangelist, divine 1.1 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest in charge of a church or of a religious institution. Example sentencesExamples When the site is fully restored, the local rector Rev Lynda Peilow and the Roman Catholic priest Fr Gerard O'Byrne will hold a ceremony and remaining family members of those buried there will be invited to attend. 1.2 (in the Church of England) the incumbent of a parish where all tithes formerly passed to the incumbent. Compare with vicar Example sentencesExamples I think it's hard sometimes, when new rectors are appointed to churches, for congregations to be completely open in their welcome. The eldest son is the rector of four conjoined parishes nearby. The farmers now decided that they should also get some relief in their Tithe payments and deputations went to the rectors in the parish. Tickets are available from the rector, church wardens and the parish office. The husband of a church rector will be pedalling 1,000 miles to raise money to repair the church roof. 2The head of certain universities, colleges, and schools. Example sentencesExamples The university rector is asked to form a team of Papuan intellectuals to start the process. The responsibilities of university rectors and senior administrators are not clearly defined. A former rector of the college, he said: ‘At the moment, we do not feel under threat from that direction.’ The university rector was appointed for four years by the minister of education and was subordinate to the curator of his educational district. The rector or another faculty member leads grace. Synonyms head, chief, director, leader, governor, principal, master, chancellor, vice chancellor, dean, warden, provost, captain, figurehead Origin Late Middle English: from Latin rector ‘ruler’, from rect- ‘ruled’, from the verb regere.
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