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How to pronounce rectorship in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rectorate
Type of berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot

Examples of rectorship

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Mr. Coburn held the rectorship of St. James'Church from 1969 to 1976.
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My abiding memory is of seeing a tired-looking Jo Brand canvassing outside for the rectorship.
From the guardian.co.uk
From 1540 to 1548 he returned to the rectorship of Saint Barbe, as his nephews traveled to Portugal.
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The rectorship at Dundee is unique in not having the power to chair the University Court, that duty instead falling to a lay member.
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Unsuccessful, he was rewarded with the rectorship of the English College at Rome, the most important seminary for English Catholic priests.
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  • The office or station of a rector
  • The word rector ("ruler", from the Latin regere and rector meaning "teacher" in Latin) has a number of different meanings; they indicate an academic, religious or political administrator. The word is related to rectrix ("helmsman"), one of a bird's tail feathers.