Rectorate

rec·tor  (rktr)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rctor, director, from , rctus past participle of regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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rector·ate (-t) n.

rec·tori·al (rk-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rectorate - the office or station of a rector rectorship berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"