rectorate

Noun

Meaning

The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rectorship chancellery deanery bishopric lordship magistracy leadership presidency chair aristocracy dictatorship mastery chairmanship archbishopric mastership

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Antonyms

people lack masses peasant proletariat inferiority

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Hypernyms

place position office post situation spot

Related terms

rectory

Examples

His resignation from the rectorate owed more to his frustration as an administrator than to any principled opposition to the Nazis. Source: Internet

From 1558 to 1574 he was dean of the theological faculty and repeatedly held the rectorate of the university. Source: Internet

He resigned the rectorate in April 1934, but remained a member of the Nazi Party until 1945 even though (as Julian Young asserts) the Nazis eventually prevented him from publishing. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rector general rector magnificus rectoral rectorectal rectoress rectorial