rector
Example Sentences
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At Holy Trinity in Guildford the rector, Simon Butler, is pushing ahead with his stand-alone blessings out of frustration with the bishops' recent announcement.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
Ms Chapman, the Green MSP for North East Scotland who will start as rector at the university in August, said if the job losses went ahead they would be a "crushing blow" to the campus.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025
Perhaps these specks were once family photos, diplomas hanging on walls, maybe even pages from the hymn books in the burned-down church where the spouse of one of my wife’s colleagues is the rector.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 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
The wily old rector at Leeds noticed my feverish scribbling, and a small scandal ensued.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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