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rectorship|ˈrɛktəʃɪp|
[f. rector + -ship.]
1. The office of ruler or governor; government, rule. Now rare.
1607Shakes. Cor. ii. iii. 213 Or had you Tongues, to cry Against the Rectorship of Iudgement? 1695Humfrey Mediocria 54 Let us take heed..that we set not God aside as Rector or Lord, in it. We must not advance and justifie his Rectorship so as to exclude his Lordship. 1835I. Taylor Spir. Despot. vii. 293 Placed under the control of..the church, and under a rectorship—that of its head.
2. The office of rector (of a parish, university, etc.).
1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 109 A good caueat to him to looke to his orders, lest otherwise he lose his Rectorship. 1679M. Prance Addit. Narr. Pop. Plot 43 Dispossessing him of his Rectorship, he appointed his Nephew to be President in his stead. 1753Scots Mag. XV. 64/2 Prebends, rectorships, chapels. 1821–30Ld. Cockburn Mem. 249 His friend and schoolfellow..advised him to stand for the Rectorship [of the High School, Edinburgh]. 1884Grant Edinb. Univ. I. 211 This terminates the history of the Rectorship of the College of Edinburgh, as distinguished from the Rectorship of the University. |