rector

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Her father was the rector of two parishes and ran a small boys’ school to supplement the family’s meager income.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Father David Stevenson, the rector of St Botolph's Church, also known as Boston Stump, where the food bank is based, said the facility was "a lifeline for people".

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

"We express our great sorrow and sympathy to the family and loved ones," the rector of the university said in a statement, adding that 8 May would be a day of mourning for the institution.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

A congregant of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in Altadena, where Patterson Grindon serves as rector, had forwarded an image of the sanctuary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

I thought he was going to march right up to the podium and have a word with the rector.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez