rector

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English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

rector (plural rectors, feminine rectress)

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  1. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
    Hypernym: cleric
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
  2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
    Hypernym: cleric
  3. (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.
    Hypernym: cleric
  4. In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
    Hypernym: cleric
  5. A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.
  6. (Scotland) An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēctōrem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rector (feminine rectora, masculine plural rectors, feminine plural rectores)

  1. ruling
  2. guiding, regulating, directing

Noun

rector m (plural rectors, feminine rectora)

  1. rector
  2. dean
  3. ruler, director, head

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rector.

Pronunciation

Noun

rector m (plural rectoren or rectors)

  1. rector

Descendants

  • Indonesian: rektor

Latin

Etymology

regō (“to steer, to guide; to rule”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

Noun

rēctor m (genitive rēctōris); third declension

  1. guide, leader
  2. driver (of a horse, an elephant, a wagon, etc.)
  3. director, ruler, master, governor
  4. tutor, instructor, teacher, mentor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rēctor rēctōrēs
Genitive rēctōris rēctōrum
Dative rēctōrī rēctōribus
Accusative rēctōrem rēctōrēs
Ablative rēctōre rēctōribus
Vocative rēctor rēctōrēs

Descendants

References

  • “rector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the head of the state: rector civitatis (De Or. 1. 48. 211)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rector or German Rektor or French recteur.

Noun

rector m (plural rectori)

  1. rector (a headmaster in various educational institutions)

Declension

Declension of rector
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) rector rectorul (niște) rectori rectorii
genitive/dative (unui) rector rectorului (unor) rectori rectorilor
vocative rectorule rectorilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rector.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reɡˈtoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: rec‧tor

Adjective

rector (feminine rectora, masculine plural rectores, feminine plural rectoras)

  1. governing, directing

Noun

rector m (plural rectores, feminine rectora, feminine plural rectoras)

  1. rector

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