4. 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.
5. (R.C.CH.) 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.
Rec"tor*al (-al), a. [CF. F. rectoral.] Pertaining to a rector or
governor.
Rec"tor*ate (-?t), n. [LL. rectoratus: cf. F. rectorat.] The office,
rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
Rec"tor*ess, n. 1. A governess; a rectrix. Drayton.