rector
pronunciation
How to pronounce rector in British English:
UK [ˈrektə(r)]
How to pronounce rector in American English:
US [ˈrɛktɚ]
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- Noun:
- a person authorized to conduct religious worship
Word Origin
- rector
- rector: [14] A rector is etymologically a ‘ruler’. The word comes via Old French rectour from Latin rēctor ‘governor’, a derivative of the verb regere ‘govern, rule’ (from which English gets regent, region, etc). It carried its original meaning with it into English, with reference both to Roman governors in the ancient world and to God as ‘ruler’ of the universe (Sir Matthew Hale in 1676 referred to God as the ‘great dispenser or permitter and rector of all the events in the world’), but by the 18th century it had largely become restricted to the more specialized senses ‘clergyman in charge of a parish’ and ‘head of a college’.=> regent, regiment, region
- rector (n.)
- late 14c. (early 13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Latin rector "ruler, governor, director, guide," from rect-, past participle stem of regere "to rule, guide" (see regal). Used originally of Roman governors and God, by 18c. generally restricted to clergymen and college heads. Related: Rectorship.
Example
- 1. I do like also the non-residential writing programs like liam rector 's at bennington .
- 2. He joined the nazi party in 1933 when he became rector of freiburg university and oversaw the dismissal of all jewish professors .
- 3. We also meet emily hobhouse , a rector 's daughter who first rose to prominence by exposing the vileness of britain 's boer war concentration camps .
- 4. Sir richard sykes , a former rector of imperial college london , recently headed a review of academic qualifications and assessment and is similarly critical .
- 5. In the evening , it is time to visit an old friend , borys gudziak , the inspirational rector of the ukrainian catholic university .