RECTOR

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A ruler or governor.[R.] God is the supreme rector of the world. Sir M. Hale.

2.
n.

A clergyman in charge of a parish.

3.
n.

The head master of a public school. [Scot.]

4.
n.

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 Oxford.

5.
n.

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.

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