Rector /(r?k"t?r)/

Rec·tor

Rector

n.
  1. A ruler or governor. [R.]
    God is the supreme rector of the world.
  2. A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar. (Ch. of Eng.)
  3. The head master of a public school. [Scot.]
  4. 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.
  5. The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college. (R. C. Ch.)