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A ruler or governor. |
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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. |
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A clergyman in charge of a parish. |
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The head master of a public school. |
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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. |
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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. |
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