Definition of Rectorate

1. Noun. The office or station of a rector.

Exact synonyms: Rectorship
Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot

Definition of Rectorate

1. n. The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.

Definition of Rectorate

1. Noun. The office of a rector ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rectorate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rectorate

rectococcygeal
rectococcygeal muscle
rectococcygeus muscle
rectococcypexy
rectocolitis
rectolaryngeal reflex
rectoperineal
rectoperineorrhaphy
rectopexy
rectophobia
rectoplasty
rector
rectoral
rectorate (current term)
rectorates
rectoress
rectoresses
rectorial
rectories
rectorite
rectorrhagia
rectorrhaphy
rectors
rectorship
rectorships
rectory
rectos
rectoscope

Literary usage of Rectorate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Decently and in Order: Pastoral Suggestions in Matters Official and Personal by William Converse De Witt (1914)
"To such a one the duties or opportunities of his rectorate offer a refuge from ... Plane of The plane of the rectorate is the lowest of iow«»t of the three. ..."

2. The Life and Times of Sir William Johnson, Bart. by William Leete Stone (1865)
"Mr, Barclay, having given up his situation as missionary to the Mohawks, for the rectorate of Trinity Church, would gladly deed the land back to the Indians ..."

3. The Episcopate in America: Sketches, Biographical and Bibliographical, of by William Stevens Perry (1895)
"His sole rectorate was that of Gethsemane Church, in which he was ... which during his rectorate grew from a village of five hundred souls into a city with ..."

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