Rector

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A ruler or governor.[R.] God is the supreme rector of the world. Sir M. Hale.

2. A clergyman in charge of a parish.

3. The head master of a public school. [Scot.]

4. 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.

5. 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.