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RECTOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person authorized to conduct religious worship

Example:

clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches

Synonyms:

curate; minister; minister of religion; parson; pastor; rector

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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