1. A writ of right.
2. The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.
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Recto-
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.
1. A ruler or governor.
2. God is the supreme rector of the world.
3. [This application of the word is unusual.]
4. A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; or the parson of an unimpropriated parish.
5. The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland. The same title was formerly given to the president of a college in New England, but it is now in disuse. In Scotland, it is still the title of the head master of a principal school.
6. The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits, the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
1. A ruler or governor.
2. A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar.
3. A clergyman in charge of a parish.
4. The head master of a public school.
5. The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford.
6. The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
1. REC'TORAL ,
The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
The office or rank of a rector.
1. Government; guidance.
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