rectors
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noun
- In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
- In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
- A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
- In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
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parsonministercuratepastorheadmastersirremovablepresidentsprincipalsdeansvestrieslecturersabbotschancellorsprofessorsclergymenhierarchs