Churchman vs Rector - What's the difference?
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A person (originally a man) of authority in a religious organization; a cleric.
:The bishop, a highly placed churchman , stated the religion's opinion.
In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
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, title= In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.
Churchman is a related term of rector.
As a noun churchman
is a person (originally a man) of authority in a religious organization; a cleric.As a proper noun rector is
an english surname; derived from the (etyl) surname richter .churchman
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* rectour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector' s face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}