rector

See also: Rector

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛktɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛktə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: rec‧tor

Noun

rector (plural rectors)

  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 in the Orthodox Church 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 or headmistress 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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Catalan

Etymology

    Learned borrowing 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, feminine plural rectores)

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

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Dutch

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin rēctor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrɛk.tɔr/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: rec‧tor
    • Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

    Noun

    rector m (plural rectoren or rectors, no diminutive)

    1. rector

    Descendants

    • Indonesian: rektor

    Latin

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-eti
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti
    Proto-Italic *regō
    Latin regō
    Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
    Proto-Italic *-tōr
    Latin -tor
    Latin rēctor

      From regō (“to steer, to guide; to rule”) + -tor. Parallel but not directly equivalent to Oscan 𐌓𐌄𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌓𐌄𐌝 (regatureí).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      rēctor m (genitive rēctōris, feminine rēctrīx); 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.

      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, 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
        • the head of the state: rector civitatis (De Or. 1. 48. 211)

      Romanian

      Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
      Proto-Indo-European *-eti
      Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti
      Proto-Italic *regō
      Latin regō
      Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
      Proto-Italic *-tōr
      Latin -tor
      Latin rēctorlbor.
      ▲
      Latin rēctorbor.
      German Rektorbor.
      ▲
      Latin rectoremlbor.
      French recteurbor.
      Romanian rector

        Learned borrowing from Latin rēctor, or borrowed from German Rektor or French recteur.

        Noun

        rector m (plural rectori)

        1. rector (headmaster in various educational institutions)

        Declension

        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative rector rectorul rectori rectorii
        genitive-dative rector rectorului rectori rectorilor
        vocative rectorule rectorilor

        Spanish

        Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
        Proto-Indo-European *-eti
        Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti
        Proto-Italic *regō
        Latin regō
        Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
        Proto-Italic *-tōr
        Latin -tor
        Latin rēctorlbor.
        Spanish rector

          Learned borrowing from Latin rēctor.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /reɡˈtoɾ/ [reɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
          • 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

          Derived terms

          Further reading

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