rec·tor (r k t r)n. Abbr. R. 1. A cleric in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church. 2. An Anglican cleric who has charge of a parish and owns the tithes from it. 3. A Roman Catholic priest appointed to be managerial as well as spiritual head of a church or other institution, such as a seminary or university. 4. The principal of certain schools, colleges, and universities. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin r  ctor, director, from , rctus past participle of regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]rec tor·ate (- t) n.rec·to ri·al (rk-tôr-l, -t r-) adj. |
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