RECTOR

curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector

(noun) a person authorized to conduct religious worship; “clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

rector

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

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

(Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.

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

Anagrams

• Corter

Proper noun

Rector

An English surname; derived from the German surname Richter.

A city in Arkansas.

Anagrams

• Corter

Source: Wiktionary

Rec"tor (rk"tr), n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition