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Another legacy of the late Harper’s rectorship was expanding access to worship at St. John’s, which had no Black members in 1960, according to Grimmett.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2020

But since the death last February of His Eminence Al Sheikh Mustafa Abdel Razek, the rectorship has been vacant and the university split by feuds.

From Time Magazine Archive

My rectorship, since 1893, represents a period of extraordinary transition in this part of the city.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Father Williams resigned a rectorship which he and his assistant Cowley Fathers had made noteworthy for nine years: St. Mary the Virgin in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ah me! the rectorship, with all its responsibilities, was a serious business; and what was to become of it yet, Mr Proctor could not see.

From The Rector by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)