general term indicating the office of various political-administrative posts occupied by Venetian patricians It was generally interchangeable with podestà
The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford
The priest in charge of a parish, a self-supporting church, is the rector The rector is elected by the vestry Assisting priests the rector appoints may be called curate, assistant or associate
Rector is the Anglican word for the elected pastor of a financially self-supporting congregation The term derives from the fact that if there are multiple clergy on staff in a church, the pastor has primary responsibility for directing the worship See also vicar
Rector is the Anglican word for the elected pastor of a financially self- supporting congregation The term derives from the fact that if there are multiple clergy on staff in a church, the pastor has primary responsibility for directing the worship