Definition of spiritus rector in English:
spiritus rector
nounˈrɛktɔːˌspirito͞os ˈrektər
mass nounA ruling or guiding spirit.
Example sentencesExamples
- The spiritus rector of this process was statesman Sigismund von Reitzenstein, who temporarily held the office of ‘curator’.
- With his death, we have lost the spiritus rector of the project and a very good friend.
- He was the spiritus rector of the Society for the Promotion of Jewish Music.
- It is easy to see that in animals instinct functions as the spiritus rector of all behaviour.
- In the theater, as director, actor, and author, as spiritus rector, he gathered around him a troupe.
- Sheikh Fadlallah, spiritus rector of the most radical Lebanese Shias, was one of the first high-ranking Islamic scholars to condemn the attacks of 11 September 2001.
- André was perceived by all of us as the spiritus rector and driving force of this new scientific society at that time.
- Again, I wish to point out one individual, Antonio Papisca from the University of Padua, the spiritus rector of the whole exercise.
- In 1995 he founded the Ensemble Vanitas and has remained its spiritus rector and principal conductor.
- And Daddy G is its spiritus rector because he was one of the founders of the Wild Bunch Sound System, out of which later Massive Attack emerged.