Rectoress

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A governess; a rectrix.

    "Diſſembling griefe, as one that knevv not ill, / So can ſhe rule the greatneſſe of her mind, / As a moſt perfect Rectoreſſe of her vvill, / Aboue the vſuall vveakneſſe of her kind; […]"

  2. 2
    The wife of a rector.

    "In this way the worthy Rectoress consoled herself : and her daughters sighed, and sate over the Peerage all night"

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"Diſſembling griefe, as one that knevv not ill, / So can ſhe rule the greatneſſe of her mind, / As a moſt perfect Rectoreſſe of her vvill, / Aboue the vſuall vveakneſſe of her kind; […]"

Etymology

From rector + -ess.

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