abbr.R.1. A cleric in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church. 2. An Anglican cleric who has charge of a parish and owns the tithes from it. 3. A Roman Catholic priest appointed to be managerial as well as spiritual head of a church or other institution, such as a seminary or university. 4. The principal of certain schools, colleges, and universities.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rctor, director, from , rctus, past participle of regere, to rule. See reg- in Appendix I.
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