Preacher vs Rector - What's the difference?
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Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy or religion, especially someone who preaches the Quran or the gospel; a clergyman.
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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.
Preacher is a related term of rector.
As proper nouns the difference between preacher and rector
is that preacher is alternative name for ecclesiastes, the twenty-first book of the old testament while rector is an english surname; derived from the (etyl) surname richter .preacher
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(wikipedia preacher) (en noun)Derived terms
* preacheressrector
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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.}}