rectoral

Of a rector

Rectoral means relating to a rector or the office of rector.

A rector may be a member of clergy in charge of a parish, the head of certain universities or schools, or a similar administrative leader.

Rectoral duties, rectoral authority, and rectoral residence all pertain to this position: The rectoral address welcomed incoming students.

ecclesiastical

parish

Local church community

pulpit · sermon · vestry · benefice · diocese · ecclesiastical · ordination · vestments · episcopal · canonical

administrative

governance

How authority is exercised

management · supervision · direction · policy-making · institutional · decision-making · appointment · succession · term · duties

academic

professorship

Senior academic post

curriculum · syllabus · lectures · seminar · thesis · dissertation · scholarship · didactic · academia · undergraduate

Opposites
ecclesiastical hierarchy/role

rectorallay

Place down flat

congregational · diaconal · secular · parochial · episcopal

institutional leadership type

rectoralcongregational

Of member-governed worship communities

democratic · collective · collegial · synodal · presbyterial

Family

director, rector, rectory, directorate, directorship, rectors, rectorship, rectorate, rectorial

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