"rector" meaning in English

See rector in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛktɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɹɛktə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-rector.ogg Forms: rectors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ) Etymology: Inherited from Middle English rectour, rector, from Old French rector, rectour and Latin rēctor. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|rectour|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English rectour, {{inh+|en|enm|rectour}} Inherited from Middle English rectour, {{der|en|fro|rector}} Old French rector, {{der|en|la|rēctor}} Latin rēctor Head templates: {{en-noun}} rector (plural rectors)
  1. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it. Categories (topical): Anglicanism Translations (cleric in charge of a parish): ծխակեր (cxaker) (Armenian), енорийски свещеник (enorijski sveštenik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), predikant [masculine] (Dutch), dominee [masculine] (Dutch), kirkkoherra (Finnish), plébános (Hungarian), reachtaire [masculine] (Irish), parroco [masculine] (Italian), жу́пник (žúpnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), па́рох (pároh) [masculine] (Macedonian), recteu [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), proboszcz [masculine] (Polish), reitor [masculine] (Portuguese), paroh [masculine] (Romanian), па́стор (pástor) [masculine] (Russian), жу̑пнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), žȗpnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
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  2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
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  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. Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Eastern Orthodoxy, Universities
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  4. In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
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  5. A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university. Categories (topical): Universities Translations (headmaster or headmistress): ռեկտոր (ṙektor) (Armenian), ре́ктор (réktor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 院長 /院长 (yuànzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), rektor [masculine] (Czech), rector [masculine] (Dutch), rektor [masculine] (Dutch), rektoro (Esperanto), rektorino [feminine] (Esperanto), rehtori [feminine, masculine] (Finnish), recteur [masculine] (French), rectrice [feminine] (French), Rektor [masculine] (German), Rektorin [feminine] (German), πρύτανης (prýtanis) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), rektor (Hungarian), igazgató (Hungarian), rektor (Indonesian), uachtarán [masculine] (Irish), rettore [masculine] (Italian), rettoressa [feminine] (Italian), ректор (rektor) (Kazakh), ре́ктор (réktor) [masculine] (Macedonian), ре́кторка (réktorka) [feminine] (Macedonian), recteu [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), rektor [masculine] (Polish), reitor [masculine] (Portuguese), reitora [feminine] (Portuguese), rector [masculine] (Romanian), rectoară [feminine] (Romanian), ре́ктор (réktor) [masculine] (Russian), ре̏ктор [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), rȅktor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rektor [common-gender] (Swedish), rektör (Turkish)
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  6. (Scotland) An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Universities
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rectour [obsolete] Derived forms: lay rector, missionary rector, rector magnificus Related terms: rectorate, rectorial, rectory, rectrix

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛktɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛktə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-rector.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/df/En-us-rector.ogg/En-us-rector.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/En-us-rector.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛktə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "rectour"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cxaker",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "word": "ծխակեր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "enorijski sveštenik",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "енорийски свещеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "predikant"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dominee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "word": "kirkkoherra"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "word": "plébános"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reachtaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parroco"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "žúpnik",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жу́пник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pároh",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́рох"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recteu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proboszcz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paroh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pástor",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́стор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жу̑пнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cleric in charge of a parish",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žȗpnīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ṙektor",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "word": "ռեկտոր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "réktor",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuànzhǎng",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "word": "院長 /院长"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rector"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "word": "rektoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rektorino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rehtori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rectrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rektorin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prýtanis",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρύτανης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "word": "igazgató"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uachtarán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rettore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rettoressa"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "rektor",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "word": "ректор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "réktor",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "réktorka",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́кторка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recteu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reitora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rector"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rectoară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "réktor",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ре́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ре̏ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rȅktor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "headmaster or headmistress",
      "word": "rektör"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rector"
}

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