It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like therector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
(Eastern Orthodoxy,uncommon) A priest or bishop in theOrthodox Church who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
“rector”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“rector”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"rector", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
