rectorship

English

Etymology

From rector +‎ -ship.

Noun

rectorship (plural rectorships)

1. The office or rank of a rector.

   Synonym: rectorate

   Coordinate terms: curateship, curacy, parsonship, parsonhood, vicarship, vicarage, priestship, priesthood

2. (obsolete) Government; guidance.

   Coordinate terms: mentorship, proctorage, preceptorship

Related terms

• rectory

Translations

office of a rector

Bulgarian: ректорат m (rektorat) Czech: rektorát m Dutch: rectoraat (nl) n Indonesian: rektorat Irish: reachtaireacht f Italian: rettorato (it) m Polish: rektorat (pl) m

See also

• benefice
• curatage
• glebe
• glebe-farm
• glebe-house
• parsonage
• vicarate

References

• “rectorship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• chiropters