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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•tor /ˈrɛktɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona member of the clergy in various Christian churches in charge of a parish, a building, a religious house, or the like.
- the head of certain universities, colleges, or schools.
See -rect-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•tor (rek′tər),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]an ecclesiastic in charge of a college, religious house, or congregation.
- Religion[Anglican Ch.]a member of the clergy who has the charge of a parish with full possession of all its rights, tithes, etc.
- the head of certain universities, colleges, and schools.
- Latin rēctor helmsman, ruler, leader, equivalent. to reg(ere) to rule + -tor -tor
- 1350–1400; Middle English rectour
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rector /ˈrɛktə/ n - a clergyman in charge of a parish in which, as its incumbent, he would formerly have been entitled to the whole of the tithes
Compare vicar - a cleric in charge of a college, religious house, or congregation
- a clergyman in charge of a parish
- chiefly Brit the head of certain schools or colleges
- (in Scotland) a high-ranking official in a university: now a public figure elected for three years by the students
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin: director, ruler, from regere to ruleˈrectorate n rectorial /rɛkˈtɔːrɪəl/ adj ˈrectorship n |