rector

Signification (Anglais)

1. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
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.
6. (Scotland) An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body.

Concepts

recteur

pasteur

curé

vicaire

Recteur

ecclésiastique préposé à l’administration d’une paroisse et

abbé

Pasteur protestant

ministre

prêtre

proviseur

Synonymes

parson

pastor

president

vicar

curate

dean

minister

chancellor

parish priest

priest

vice-chancellor

minister of religion

principal

chaplain

president

chancellor

head of a university

cupron cell

copper oxide rectifier

director

clergyman

glebe-house

Traductions

rettore

rector

reitor

Rektor

rector

parroco

rector

πρύτανης

διευθυντής

Pfarrer

párroco

pastore

pároco

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɹɛktɚ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: rectour

In summary

Inherited from Middle English rectour, rector, from Old French rector, rectour and Latin rēctor.