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rectoral, a.|ˈrɛktərəl|
[f. rector + -al1. Cf. F. rectoral (16th c.).]
Of or pertaining to a rector or ruler. Cf. rectorial.
1658R. Franck North. Mem. (1821) 3 Things thus posited, under such a rectoral governance [etc.]. 1691W. Jane Serm. Westminster 26 Nov. 5 Besides this despotical right of absolute Dominion, there is a Rectoral right in God. 1754Session Papers, Petition T. Tullidelph (Court of Session, Scotland) 5 Mar. 4 The University Meeting requested the Rector to hold a Rectoral Court against the next Day [at St. Andrews]. 1763Wheelock Serm. 30 June (1767) 12 His rectoral holiness, and the vindication of the honour of his laws..will require it. 1865Bushnell Vicar. Sacr. iii. ii. 213 When God forgives sin, without some penal satisfaction, His rectoral honour and character are made equivocal. 1919A. Gordon Cheshire Classis 121 Some of the above provisions cannot fail to remind us of Richard Baxter's ‘rectoral’ theory of the ministerial office. |