rectoral
/ˈrɛkt(ə)rəl/ /ˈrɛkt(ə)r(ə)l/adjective
Of, belonging to, or relating to a rector; befitting a rector.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Richard Baxter (1615–1691), ejected minister and religious writer. From rector + -al, probably after either post-classical Latin rectoralis or French rectoral. Compare also Spanish rectoral.
- curtain lecture
- curtain of fire
- curtain-raiser
- curtain ring
- curtain-sided
- curtain-sider
- curtain speech
- curtain time
- curtain-up
- curtain wall
- curtal
- curtana
- curtesy
- curtilage
- Curtin, John
- Curtis, Benjamin Robbins
- Curtiss, Glenn
- curtly
- curtness
- curtsey
- curtsy
- curule
- curvaceous
- curvaceously
- curvaceousness