The ghost has been seen by several living members of my family, as well as by the rector of the parish, the Rev. Augustus Dampier, who is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Source: tatoeba (5421025)
Rector
//ˈɹɛktɚ//
Synonyms for "rector" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
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Related words (47)
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1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
10 entrieshas context
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
51 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ծխակեր noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- ռեկտոր noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Bulgarian
2 entries- енорийски свещеник noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- ре́ктор noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 院長 /院长 noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Czech
1 entries- rektor noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Dutch
4 entries- dominee noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- predikant noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- rector noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- rektor noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Esperanto
2 entries- rektorino noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- rektoro noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Finnish
2 entries- kirkkoherra noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- rehtori noun (headmaster or headmistress)
French
2 entries- recteur noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- rectrice noun (headmaster or headmistress)
German
2 entries- Rektor noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- Rektorin noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Greek
1 entries- πρύτανης noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Hungarian
3 entries- igazgató noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- plébános noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- rektor noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Indonesian
1 entries- rektor noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Irish
2 entries- reachtaire noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- uachtarán noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Italian
3 entries- parroco noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- rettore noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- rettoressa noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Kazakh
1 entries- ректор noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Macedonian
4 entries- жу́пник noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- па́рох noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- ре́ктор noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- ре́кторка noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Norman
2 entries- recteu noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- recteu noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Polish
2 entries- proboszcz noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- rektor noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Portuguese
3 entries- reitor noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- reitor noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- reitora noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Romanian
3 entries- paroh noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- rectoară noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- rector noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Russian
2 entries- па́стор noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- ре́ктор noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rȅktor noun (headmaster or headmistress)
- žȗpnīk noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- жу̑пнӣк noun (cleric in charge of a parish)
- ре̏ктор noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Swedish
1 entries- rektor noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Turkish
1 entries- rektör noun (headmaster or headmistress)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
In April 1933, Heidegger was appointed rector of the University of Freiburg.
Source: tatoeba (12943407)
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
Source: wiktionary
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