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n. A cleric in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

n. An Anglican cleric who has charge of a parish and owns the tithes from it.

n. A Roman Catholic priest appointed to be managerial as well as spiritual head of a church or other institution, such as a seminary or university.

n. The principal of certain schools, colleges, and universities.

n. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.

n. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.

n. A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.

n. A ruler or governor.

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n. 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.

n. A clergyman in charge of a parish.

n. The head master of a public school.

n. The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college.

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.

n. A ruler or governor.

n. In the Ch. of Eng., a clergyman who has the charge of a parish and full possession of all the rights and privileges attached thereto.

n. In the United States, a clergyman in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.

n. In the Roman Catholic Church, an ecclesiastic in charge of a congregation, a college, or a religious house; specifically, the superior of a Jesuit seminary or college.

n. The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland.

n. The presiding officer or chairman of certain gilds and associations.

n. a person authorized to conduct religious worship

"To a rector who has resigned is often given the title rector emeritus."

clergyman    man of the cloth    reverend   

lay rector    missionary rector    rector of a board of trustees    lord rector   

rectrix    rectorial    rectory    rectorate   

ministrant   

minister   

Hector    Schechter    collector    connecter    connector    defector    detector    director    erector    hector   

vicar    curate    schoolmaster    chaplain    dean    clergyman    parson    pastor    deacon    tutor