Priest vs Rector - What's the difference?
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A religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.
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, title= A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish.
(Mormonism) The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood.
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.
As proper nouns the difference between priest and rector
is that priest is while rector is an english surname; derived from the (etyl) surname richter .priest
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Noun
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Derived terms
* high priest * priestdom * priestess * priesthood * priest-king * priestlyCoordinate terms
* imam, guru, rabbi, sanghaSee also
* archbishop * archimandrite * bishop * brother * clergy * clergyman * cleric * dean * father * monk * Monsignor * nun * prelate * vicarReferences
* '>citation * Smart, AlastairFish Welfare at Harvest: Killing Me Softly*
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Anagrams
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Alternative forms
* 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.}}