rector : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rector	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rector
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rector n a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" Synonym(s): curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rector \Rec"tor\ (r?k"t?r), n. [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.) 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.) 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rector, AR (city, FIPS 58490) Location: 36.26424 N, 90.29334 W Population (1990): 2268 (1084 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72461 Rector, PA Zip code(s): 15677