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1. (n.) rector
a member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Episcopal Church.
2. rector
a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic in charge of a college, religious house, or congregation.
3. rector
a member of the Anglican clergy who has the charge of a parish with full possession of all its rights, tithes, etc.
4. rector
the head of certain universities, colleges, or schools.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME rectour < L rēctor helmsman, leader =reg(ere) to rule +-tor -tor)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
"clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rector
a ruler or governor
2. (noun) rector
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
3. (noun) rector
a clergyman in charge of a parish
4. (noun) rector
the head master of a public school
5. (noun) rector
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
6. (noun) rector
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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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. rector
a clergyman of the Church of England, who has a right to the great and small tithes of the living; where the tithes are impropriate he is called a vicar.
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Sense: in certain churches, a clergyman or priest in charge of a parish etc.
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 Afrikaans: dominee |
 Arabic: قِسّيس بالكَنيسَة الإنْجل |
 Bulgarian: енорийски свещеник |
 Brazilian: reitor |
 Czech: pastor |
 German: der/die Pfarrer(in) |
 Danish: sognepræst |
 Greek: εφημέριος |
 Spanish: párroco |
 Estonian: pastor |
 Farsi: کشیش |
 Finnish: kirkkoherra |
 French: pasteur |
 Hebrew: כּוֹמֶר הַקהִילָה |
 Hindi: पादरी |
 Croatian: župnik |
 Hungarian: pap, lelkész |
 Indonesian: kepala paroki |
 Icelandic: sóknarprestur |
 Italian: parroco |
 Japanese: 教区牧師 |
 Korean: 개신파 감독 교회의 교구 (주임) 목사 |
 Lithuanian: klebonas |
 Latvian: draudzes mācītājs |
 Malay: paderi |
 Dutch: dominee |
 Norwegian: sogneprest |
 Polish: proboszcz |
 Persian: کشیش |
 Pashto: ديوى سيمى عيسوى ملا،دپوهن |
 Portuguese: reitor |
 Romanian: pastor |
 Russian: приходский священник |
 Slovak: farár |
 Slovenian: župnik |
 Serbian: župnik |
 Swedish: kyrkoherde |
 Thai: พระอธิการ |
 Turkish: bölge papazı |
 Taiwanese: 教區長 |
 Ukrainian: парафіяльний священик; па |
 Urdu: پادری |
 Vietnamese: mục sư |
 Chinese: 教区长 |
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