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rectory::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | parsonage, vicarage |
| Type of | residence |
| Has types | glebe house |
Examples of rectory
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As many as 16,000 voters are expected at a church rectory in Omaha, Yoakum said.
From the denverpost.com
About 13 years ago, the rectory was slated to be torn down to expand the church.
From the tennessean.com
And then the spicy talk about suspicious men trooping in and out of the rectory.
From the nytimes.com
Finch presented him with the rectory of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, in 1693.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He was also very extravagant, transforming his rectory into a 32-roomed mansion.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A rectory, also designed by Alfred Waterhouse, was built for the church in 1874.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The vicarage and the rectory are two of the cornerstones of English village life.
From the telegraph.co.uk
With the former church and rectory, Dargate has about 15,000 square feet of space.
From the post-gazette.com
Skipper is charged in the Aug. 29 invasion of the rectory at St. Michael's Church.
From the freep.com
- Parsonage: an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
- (rector) curate: a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
- A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title. Many former rectories may still be referred to locally as a rectory once a church or religious organisation has vacated the property.
- 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.
- (Rector (University of Edinburgh)) The Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh is elected every three years by the students and staff at the University of Edinburgh. Seldom referred to as Lord Rector, the incumbent is more commonly known just as the Rector.
- (rector) In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it; In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution; A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university
- (Rector) The priest in charge of a parish.
- (Rector) A full-time priest elected by a Vestry with the Bishop's approval, thereby having tenure. The responsibility for the conduct of worship and the spiritual jurisdiction of the Parish are vested in the Rector, subject to the Rubrics of the Book of Common Prayer, the Constitution and Canons ...
- (Rector) An incumbent of a parish whose tithes had not been impropriated.
