单词 | rectorship |
释义 | rectorshipn. 1. The office or term of office of rector of a university, parish, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [noun] > rector at Scottish university > office of rectory1572 rectorship1582 pro-rectorate1815 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > rector > [noun] > office of rector rectorship1582 society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > head teacher > position of provostrya1450 rectorship1582 headship1592 provostship1623 headmastership1715 scholarchate1908 1582 A. Munday Eng. Romayne Lyfe vi. 58 They determined..that Doctor Morris shoulde bee Rector ouer them no longer.., and vppon this they woulde all stande, denyinge anye Rectorshippe to Doctor Morris. 1597 in Evidence Commissioners Univ. Scotl. (1837) III. App. 196 That he resavit nevir the office of rectorship, bot conditionallie. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 109 A good caueat to him to looke to his orders, lest otherwise he lose his Rectorship. 1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 43 Dispossessing him of his Rectorship, he appointed his Nephew to be President in his stead. 1753 Scots Mag. 15 64/2 Prebends, rectorships, chapels. 1799 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. I. 305/2 He was..appointed to the professorship of humanity in the Roman college, where he read lectures with singular reputation, and at length obtained the rectorship of the same college. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iv. 249 His friend and schoolfellow..advised him to stand for the Rectorship [of the High School, Edinburgh]. 1882 Harper's Mag. Nov. 912/2 It..had served without question for four estimable persons during the long, peaceful rectorship of good old Parson Montgomery. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 171/2 Mr Kincald, afterwards Lord Provost of Edinburgh, by whose influence he was appointed..to the rectorship of the High School. 1956 St Andrews Alumnus Chron. Jan. 10 The history of the Rectorship in earlier times is a story of persistent and finally successful attempts to curtail the franchise and make the office the preserve of a limited section of the University. 1992 Independent 27 Apr. 18/2 Dr Varah needed volunteers immediately for what had now been named the Samaritans by the media—his rectorship at St Stephen's having never ceased. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > position or function of regimenta1393 rectorshipa1616 government1617 rulership1625 ruleship1654 ealdormanry1870 governorate1939 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 205 Or had you Tongues, to cry Against the Rectorship of Iudgement? View more context for this quotation 1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned ii. ii. 184 For the interest of God's Rectourship and government of the world, it is not a necessity of punishment that conserves that, but the power or freedom of punishing or remitting. 1695 J. Humfrey Mediocria (ed. 2) 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. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism vii. 293 Placed under the control of..the church, and under a rectorship—that of its head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1582 |
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