 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rector
noun: a person authorized to conduct religious worship [syn: {curate},
{minister}, {parson}, {pastor}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rector \Rec"tor\ (r?k"t?r), noun [L., fr. regere, rectum, to lead
straight, to rule: cf. F. recteur. See {Regiment}, {Right}.]
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
Oxford.
5. (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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "rector":
DD, Doctor of Divinity, Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, Holy Joe,
abbe, abuna, academic dean, administration, administrator, agent,
antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, bishop,
bishop coadjutor, canon, cardinal, cardinal bishop,
cardinal deacon, cardinal priest, chancellor, chaplain, churchman,
clergyman, cleric, clerical, clerk, coadjutor, conductor, curate,
cure, dean, dean of men, dean of women, deputy, diocesan,
directeur, director, divine, ecclesiarch, ecclesiastic, exarch,
governor, headmaster, headmistress, hierarch, high priest,
impresario, intendant, man of God, manager, master, metropolitan,
military chaplain, minister, padre, papa, parson, pastor,
patriarch, penitentiary, pontiff, pope, prebendary, prelate,
president, primate, principal, producer, provost,
responsible person, reverend, rural dean, servant of God, shepherd,
sky pilot, subdean, suffragan, supercargo, supply clergy,
supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend, tonsured cleric,
vicar, vice-chancellor
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
RECTOR, noun In the Church of England, the Third Person of the
parochial Trinity, the Cruate and the Vicar being the other two.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rector, AR (city, FIPS 58490)
Location: 36.26424 N, 90.29334 W
Population (1990): 2268 (1084 housing units)
Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72461
Rector, PA
Zip code(s): 15677
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Rector, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000): 2017
Housing Units (2000): 1045
Land area (2000): 1.295506 sq. miles (3.355346 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.295506 sq. miles (3.355346 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58490
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 36.263320 N, 90.293464 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72461
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Rector, AR
Rector
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