How to pronounce “rector”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
• In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
• (Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop in the Orthodox Church who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
• In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
• A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.
• (Scotland) An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body.
• [Adjective]
• ruling
• guiding, regulating, directing

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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