To a rector who has resigned is often given the title rector emeritus. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
Anyhow, I called the rector and I heard Beatles music in the background ... he must be a good fellow. From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
The rector was a man of ideals, generous to a fault. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
The rector was a Mr. Elmhirst, a native of the poet's. From Wordnik.com. [The Social History of Smoking] Reference
The rector is a legendary schoolmaster, but a complex one. From Wordnik.com. [Visions From a Vanishing World] Reference
The rector was the first in, humming a song, and spied me. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Carvel — Volume 03] Reference
The rector was a most inveterate and insatiable chess-player. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
The rector was a man who dearly loved easy ways out of difficulties. From Wordnik.com. [The Claverings] Reference
The rector was the worst of all innocent mischief-makers -- an over-zealous man. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
The rector was the worst of all innocent mischief-makers — an over - zealous man. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
My rector is a woman and she is probably one of the finest priests I have ever met. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping hope alive] Reference
The clergyman was well known as the rector of a place situated some few miles inland. From Wordnik.com. [No Name] Reference
In some universities, e.g. Louvain, the actual president is known as rector magnificus. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
The boy was educated at the Cathedral school where the rector was a good physics teacher. From Wordnik.com. [Svante Arrhenius - Biography] Reference
I say, tolerably; for it seldom happens that the rector is the most industrious person in the parish. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hugh Trevor] Reference
The rector was a timid, nervous man, who seemed during the whole proceedings to have almost lost his wits. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men] Reference
The poor of Hallgrove had good reason to congratulate themselves on the fact that their rector was a rich man. From Wordnik.com. [Run to Earth A Novel] Reference
In spite of his stiff round collar and long black coat the rector is a young man, and I saw that he was impressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Mary] Reference
The rector was the other, and he was relieved to find Doctor Haverford moving up to the vacant place at his right. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Days] Reference
The rector was a magistrate; and she went to him with her tale, and he saw at once the importance of her information. From Wordnik.com. [The Hallam Succession] Reference
The rector was a nice man of about sixty, full of his duty, and reduced, personally, almost to a nonentity by the silent —. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Chatterley's Lover] Reference
He was very affable, and evidently charmed with his visitor, until, as the conversation flowed on, it came out that the rector was a. From Wordnik.com. [The Cromptons] Reference
I thought a rector was a kind of minister, and a rectory was a sort of parsonage, but I guess I'm off my course, as Father used to say. From Wordnik.com. [Kent Knowles: Quahaug] Reference
The rector is there now. From Wordnik.com. [The Miller of Old Church] Reference
So I dusted him a chair, an 'fettled up th' fire place a bit; but I hadn't forgotten th 'rector's words, so says I. From Wordnik.com. [Agnes Grey] Reference
BRAILO: The rector was the head of state. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2007] Reference
The rector was a kindly man and a generous. From Wordnik.com. [The Claverings] Reference
BARELLO (ph): The rector was the head of state. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2006] Reference
"rector," and it continued as it had been before, the political capital of the County. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
T 'rector's here, and if there's any thing that puts him about, it's waiting for his dinner. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Hallam Succession] Reference
"We call these people our guests," says the rector. From Wordnik.com. [Blessed Is the Full Plate] Reference
He also mentioned his famous "rat race" inaugural speech as rector of Glasgow University in 1972. From Wordnik.com. [Jimmy Reid: 'a rat race is for rats'] Reference
Fujimori was a little-known university rector in 1989 when he formed a brand-new political party and announced plans to run for president. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Caudillo] Reference
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