RECTOR
Dictionary entry overview: What does rector mean? • RECTOR (noun)
The noun RECTOR has 1 sense:
1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
Familiarity information: RECTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RECTOR (noun)
Meaning:
A person authorized to conduct religious worship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
curate; minister; minister of religion; parson; pastor; rector
Context example:
clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
Hypernyms ("rector" is a kind of...):
clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rector"):
ministrant (someone who serves as a minister)
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