Associations to the word «Rector»

Wiktionary

RECTOR, noun. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
RECTOR, noun. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
RECTOR, noun. A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.
RECTOR, proper noun. An English surname; derived from the surname Richter.
RECTOR, proper noun. A city in Arkansas

Dictionary definition

RECTOR, noun. A person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats