English Explanatory Dictionary

rector

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
  2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
  3. A priest or bishop in the Orthodox Church who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
  4. In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
  5. A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.
  6. An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body.
name
  1. A surname from German.
  2. A placename, from the surname:
  3. A city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States.
  4. A ghost town in Shannon County, Missouri, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛktɚ/ /ˈɹɛktə/ en-us-rector.ogg

Word forms

rector rectors rectour

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rectour, rector, from Old French rector, rectour and Latin rēctor.

Related words

rectorate rectorial rectory rectrix regular

Derived words

corrector director lay rector missionary rector prorector rectoress rector magnificus rectorship rectress subrector

Translations

Armenian: ծխակեր Bulgarian: енорийски свещеник Dutch: predikant Dutch: dominee Finnish: kirkkoherra Hungarian: plébános Irish: reachtaire Italian: parroco Macedonian: жу́пник Macedonian: па́рох Norman: recteu Polish: proboszcz Portuguese: reitor Romanian: paroh Russian: па́стор Serbo-Croatian: жу̑пнӣк Serbo-Croatian: žȗpnīk
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