rector

1. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.

   па́сторpástor

2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.

3. (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.

4. In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.

5. A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.

   Rektor, Rektorin

   ре́кторréktor

6. (Scotland)An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body.

1. I have seen in my time a hundred craftsmen, a hundred farmers, wiser and happier than university rectors.

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