Rector (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
  2. an ecclesiastic in charge of a college, religious house, or congregation.
  3. a member of the clergy who has the charge of a parish with full possession of all its rights, tithes, etc.
  4. the head of certain universities, colleges, and schools.
noun
  1. a clergyman in charge of a parish in which, as its incumbent, he would formerly have been entitled to the whole of the tithes
  2. a cleric in charge of a college, religious house, or congregation
  3. a clergyman in charge of a parish
  4. the head of certain schools or colleges
  5. (in Scotland) a high-ranking official in a university: now a public figure elected for three years by the students
Rector (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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