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Word: rector (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

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

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Proper noun:

  • An English surname; derived from the de surname ''Richter''.
  • A town in Arkansas

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