Synonyms for rector
Definitions
- n. 1
In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
Related words
- Word family
- rectorship rectorate rectory
- Is a kind of
- cleric
Forms
- Plural
- rectors → pastors, ministers, vicars, parsons…
Example sentences
- minister The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
- pastor Tom is the pastor at the church that Mary goes to.
- vicar The vicar often refers to the Bible in his sermon.
- parson The parson gave the communion wafer to the dying person.
- principal The principal called the teachers into his office.
By length
- 5 letters
- vicar2
- 6 letters
- pastor2, curate2, parson2
- 8 letters
- minister3
- 9 letters
- principal3, clergyman3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vicar2 = 2 syllables).