rectors
- plural of rector.
Example Sentences
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In 1431, the ecumenical Council of Basel ordered the deans and rectors of churches to expel "frivolities" and "profane abuses" from holy buildings, but implicitly allowed them to take place in the squares outside.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
University rectors also said they were working with law enforcement on increasing campus security.
From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023
Last year, Ms. Mapelli made history herself, becoming the first woman to guide the university in 800 years, and one of only eight female rectors at Italy’s more than 80 universities.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2022
The rectors of 20 Ecuadorian universities have signed a letter in which they “emphatically reject” the accusations against Guamán and call for “impartial justice” to be done.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 28, 2021
That position belongs to Trinity College, Cambridge, who are also rectors of the church, by the gift of their earliest founder, Hervey de Stanton, Chancellor to Edward the Second.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
