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Webster 1913 Edition
Rector
Rec′tor
(r?k′t?r)
, Noun.
1.
A ruler or governor.
[R.]
God is the supreme
rector
of the world. Sir M. Hale.
2.
(a)
(Ch. of Eng.)
A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar.
Blackstone.
(b)
(Prot. Epis. Ch.)
A clergyman in charge of a parish.
3.
The head master of a public school.
[Scot.]
4.
The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college;
as, the
. Rector
of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford5.
(R. C. Ch.)
The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rector
REC'TOR
,Noun.
1.
A ruler or governor.God is the supreme rector of the world.
[This application of the word is unusual.]
2.
A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, &c.; or the parson of an unimpropriated parish.3.
The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland. The same title was formerly given to the president of a college in New England, but it is now in disuse. In Scotland, it is still the title of the head master of a principal school.4.
The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits, the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.