rectressn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛktrᵻs/,

/rɛkˈtrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈrɛktrəs/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s rectoresse, 1600s– rectoress.

β. 1600s rectres, 1600s rect'ress, 1600s rectresse, 1600s rect'resse, 1600s 1800s– rectress.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rector n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < rector n. + -ess suffix¹: see -tress suffix. Compare earlier rectrix n. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry.

1. A female ruler, governor, or head of an institution (esp. a convent or school). Also figurative in early use. Cf. rectrix n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > female

dame?c1225

governoressc1430

ruleressc1450

governess1483

gubernatrice1522

moderatrice1531

governatrice1532

gubernatrix1541

dominatrix1561

governantec1570

moderatrix1577

rectrix1588

rectress1599

moderatress1601

α.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 13 Our virgin rectoresse [sc. Queen Elizabeth] most of al, hath shoured downe her bounty vpon them.

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xxxv. 13 A most perfect Rectoresse [1619 Rect'resse] of her will, Aboue the vsuall weakenes of her kind.

1880 C. Wilson Sonnets to Queen 21 Then glad am I my love for thee to tell—Victoria, Empress, Rectoress revered!

1920 Oxf. Mag. 38 275 And then uprose The Rectoress of Boniface.

1974 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 64 18/2 Isabel Gómez y Cendala, rectoress of the latter institution, was chosen to care for the children during the journey to America.

1993 Financial Times (Nexis) 6 Oct. 21 (headline) Rectoress... A woman has finally been elected to head one of the university's former male preserves.

β. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 179 Great mother Fortvne,..Queene of humane state, Rectresse of Action. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxiv. x. 894 For there [i.e. in the head] the soule or life which is the rectresse or governesse is situated.1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. iii. 84 Great Heccate, Rectresse of shades, Plashey Grots, and gloomy Glades.a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 30/2 Their superior was called the Prepostress, and they had Visitoresses, Rectresses, and other dignitaries, all in the feminine gender.1893 J. Fahey Hist. Kilmacduagh 419 Rectress of the convent at Clarinbridge.1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 5 Sept. 26/1 (advt.) Vacancy for Rectress. Department of National Education.2007 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Sept. 84 Mother Gertrude Healy served for two periods as rectress, including during the influenza epidemic after World War I, during which 27,000 patients were admitted.

2. The wife of the rector of a parish. Now also: a female rector (rector n. 1a). N.E.D. (1904) labels this use ‘colloquial’.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > rector > [noun] > wife of rector

rectress1661

α.

1661 T. Wilson Compl. Christian Dict. 503/2 In Germaey [sic], a Doctors or Rectors Wife is tearmed Doctoress and Rectoress.

1729 W. Stukeley in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1882) I. 225 I think now, my dearest love, I can wish you joy of being rectoress of All Hallows, Stanford.

1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. xi. 225 Raised by wedlock to the dignity of Rectoress.

1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley III. xii. 181 Those four were..Robin Cockscroft, and Joan his wife, the rector, and the rectoress.

1943 L. Hart To keep my love Alive in L. Hart & R. Kimball Compl. Lyrics of Lorenz Hart (1976) 296/3 I caught Sir James with his protectress, The rector's wife, I mean the rectoress.

1996 Church Times 22 Nov. 10/4 Should a woman rector be called a rectoress or rectress?

β. 1906 Month July 66 The rector and rectress, and their two delicate-looking, perfectly-dressed daughters. 1996Rectress [see α. ].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rectress
释义	rectressn. Brit. /ˈrɛktrᵻs/, /rɛkˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ˈrɛktrəs/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s rectoresse, 1600s– rectoress. β. 1600s rectres, 1600s rect'ress, 1600s rectresse, 1600s rect'resse, 1600s 1800s– rectress. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rector n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < rector n. + -ess suffix¹: see -tress suffix. Compare earlier rectrix n. and foreign-language forms cited at that entry. 1. A female ruler, governor, or head of an institution (esp. a convent or school). Also figurative in early use. Cf. rectrix n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > female dame?c1225 governoressc1430 ruleressc1450 governess1483 gubernatrice1522 moderatrice1531 governatrice1532 gubernatrix1541 dominatrix1561 governantec1570 moderatrix1577 rectrix1588 rectress1599 moderatress1601 α. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 13 Our virgin rectoresse [sc. Queen Elizabeth] most of al, hath shoured downe her bounty vpon them. 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xxxv. 13 A most perfect Rectoresse [1619 Rect'resse] of her will, Aboue the vsuall weakenes of her kind. 1880 C. Wilson Sonnets to Queen 21 Then glad am I my love for thee to tell—Victoria, Empress, Rectoress revered! 1920 Oxf. Mag. 38 275 And then uprose The Rectoress of Boniface. 1974 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 64 18/2 Isabel Gómez y Cendala, rectoress of the latter institution, was chosen to care for the children during the journey to America. 1993 Financial Times (Nexis) 6 Oct. 21 (headline) Rectoress... A woman has finally been elected to head one of the university's former male preserves. β. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 179 Great mother Fortvne,..Queene of humane state, Rectresse of Action. View more context for this quotation1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxiv. x. 894 For there [i.e. in the head] the soule or life which is the rectresse or governesse is situated.1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. iii. 84 Great Heccate, Rectresse of shades, Plashey Grots, and gloomy Glades.a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 30/2 Their superior was called the Prepostress, and they had Visitoresses, Rectresses, and other dignitaries, all in the feminine gender.1893 J. Fahey Hist. Kilmacduagh 419 Rectress of the convent at Clarinbridge.1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 5 Sept. 26/1 (advt.) Vacancy for Rectress. Department of National Education.2007 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Sept. 84 Mother Gertrude Healy served for two periods as rectress, including during the influenza epidemic after World War I, during which 27,000 patients were admitted. 2. The wife of the rector of a parish. Now also: a female rector (rector n. 1a). N.E.D. (1904) labels this use ‘colloquial’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > rector > [noun] > wife of rector rectress1661 α. 1661 T. Wilson Compl. Christian Dict. 503/2 In Germaey [sic], a Doctors or Rectors Wife is tearmed Doctoress and Rectoress. 1729 W. Stukeley in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1882) I. 225 I think now, my dearest love, I can wish you joy of being rectoress of All Hallows, Stanford. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. xi. 225 Raised by wedlock to the dignity of Rectoress. 1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley III. xii. 181 Those four were..Robin Cockscroft, and Joan his wife, the rector, and the rectoress. 1943 L. Hart To keep my love Alive in L. Hart & R. Kimball Compl. Lyrics of Lorenz Hart (1976) 296/3 I caught Sir James with his protectress, The rector's wife, I mean the rectoress. 1996 Church Times 22 Nov. 10/4 Should a woman rector be called a rectoress or rectress? β. 1906 Month July 66 The rector and rectress, and their two delicate-looking, perfectly-dressed daughters. 1996Rectress [see α. ]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1599
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