From en.wiktionary.org:
[Rector]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
[en] [en], [enm], from [en], [fro] and [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun] [Rector (ecclesiastical)] [Rector (academia)]
1. In the Anglican Church , a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
2. * [chapter=10]
3. In the Roman Catholic Church , a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution .
4. [en] A priest or bishop in the Orthodox Church who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
5. In a Protestant church , a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
6. A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university .
7. [en] An official in Scottish universities who heads the [university court] and is elected by and represents the student body .
**** Derived terms
{{col4|en |lay rector |missionary rector |rector magnificus }}
**** Related terms
{{col4|en |rectorate |rectorial |rectory |rectrix |regular<!-- Both from Latin
regō. --> }}
**** Translations
[cleric in charge of a parish]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
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[headmaster or headmistress]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] [female]
- Finnish: [fi] [male or female]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
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*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Catalan
*** Etymology
[ca].
*** Pronunciation
- [[ó(r) ]] < !-- per GDLC and DCVB -->
- [ca]
*** Adjective
[ca-adj]
1. ruling
2. guiding , regulating , direct ing
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en]
2. dean
3. ruler , director , head
**** Derived terms
- [ca]
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:IEC2]
- [R:ca:GDLC]
- [R:ca:DNV]
- [R:ca:DCVB]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
[nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en]
**** Descendants
- [id]
** Latin
*** Etymology
From [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [rēctor]
*** Noun
[rēctor <3>]
1. guide , leader
2. driver [of a horse, an elephant, a wagon, etc.]
3. director , ruler , master , governor
4. tutor , instructor , teacher , mentor
**** Declension
[rēctor <3>]
**** Descendants
[top2]
- [bg]
- [gkm]
- [nl]
- [id]
- [en]
- [fr]
- [de]
- [it]
- [nrf] [Jersey]
- [sga]
- [ga]
- [pt]
- [pl]
- [ru]
- [hy]
- [ro]
- [es]
- [sv]
[bottom]
*** References
- [R:L&S]
- [R:Elementary Lewis]
- [R:du Cange]
- [R:Gaffiot]
- [R:M&A]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro] or [ro] or [ro].
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [headmaster in various educational institutions]
**** Declension
[ro-noun-m]
** Spanish
*** Etymology
[es].
*** Pronunciation
[es-pr]
*** Adjective
[es-adj]
1. governing , directing
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en]
**** Derived terms
[es]
*** Further reading
- [R:es:DRAE]