rector

== English == === Alternative forms === rectour (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English rectour, rector, from Old French rector, rectour and Latin rēctor. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛktɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛktə/ Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ) Hyphenation: rec‧tor === Noun === rector (plural rectors) In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it. Hypernym: cleric In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution. Hypernym: cleric (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. Hypernym: cleric In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined. Hypernym: cleric A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university. (Scotland) An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Corter == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin rēctōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [rəkˈtu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [rəkˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [rekˈtoɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [rekˈto] === Adjective === rector (feminine rectora, masculine plural rectors, feminine plural rectores) ruling guiding, regulating, directing === Noun === rector m (plural rectors, feminine rectora, feminine plural rectores) rector dean ruler, director, head ==== Derived terms ==== rectorat === Further reading === “rector”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “rector”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “rector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rector”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin rēctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɛk.tɔr/ Hyphenation: rec‧tor Rhymes: -ɛktɔr === Noun === rector m (plural rectoren or rectors, no diminutive) rector ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: rektor == Latin == === Etymology === From regō (“to steer, to guide; to rule”) + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈreːk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɛk.tor] === Noun === rēctor m (genitive rēctōris, feminine rēctrīx); third declension guide, leader driver (of a horse, an elephant, a wagon, etc.) director, ruler, master, governor tutor, instructor, teacher, mentor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “rector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “rector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "rector", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “rector”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin rēctor or German Rektor or French recteur. === Noun === rector m (plural rectori) rector (headmaster in various educational institutions) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin rēctor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /reɡˈtoɾ/ [reɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: rec‧tor === Adjective === rector (feminine rectora, masculine plural rectores, feminine plural rectoras) governing, directing === Noun === rector m (plural rectores, feminine rectora, feminine plural rectoras) rector ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “rector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025