How to Use rector in a Sentence

rector

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  • For the cathedral's dean and rector, Amy Dafler Meaux, the turnout was a thing of beauty.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Along the way, Wili and Miller made many friends and the rector hoped to tap into that well for the current drive.
    — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 31 May 2018
  • All rental requests are fulfilled at the discretion of the rector and the vestry.
    — Tracy Trobridge, Howard County Times, 14 June 2018
  • Among them is Whittington W. Clement, who holds the title of rector and leads the board.
    — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Don Menendez will serve as the chair of the search committee to find the Advent’s next dean and rector.
    — al, 5 May 2021
  • Her mother is an Episcopal priest and the rector of the Church of the Atonement in Westfield.
    — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2017
  • The rector said in his statement that the critique of Guðbjartsson’s role in the saga had been made public.
    — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The plan was scrapped, and the school’s rector issued a public apology.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2019
  • His father was a rector of a dental school, and his mother was a dentist.
    — Hannah Beech, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022
  • Before it was brought to the Chicago area, the Des Plaines icon was touched to the original image and blessed at the basilica by the church’s then-rector.
    — Laura Rodríguez, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The Rev. George F. Regas, the church’s former rector, did not make an endorsement.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, latimes.com, 4 May 2017
  • Then Matthew Talarico, the rector, led a procession of congregants around the block where the church sits.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Lyon academy rector Olivier Dugrip said that pupils from these schools were among the victims of the fire.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
  • He was ordained a priest a year later and served as the church’s assistant until 1969, when he was named rector.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The fate of the two plaques, which have hung on either side of the altar at the historic church since 1870, had been talked about for years, according to the Rev. Noelle York-Simmons, the church’s rector.
    — Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Others, however, have testified that the boys were happy and that the rector checked the dorms at night and never heard or saw any abuse.
    — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
  • Father Nyein, 29, is an Episcopal priest and serves as the associate rector of Grace Church.
    — New York Times, 24 June 2018
  • What will your new position as rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist entail?
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The running joke on the University of St. Thomas campus is that whoever beats Taphorn gets to be rector for a day.
    — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Moroney, who could not be reached for comment, has been reassigned as rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul in Worcester.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • The hearing, on Zoom, included the university’s lawyer and the rector.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • All Saints’ in Beverly Hills was one of the first large Episcopal churches with a female rector.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Notre Dame’s rector told a local radio station that fire monitors check the wooden roof three times a day, the New York Times reports.
    — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2019
  • According to the rumors, Henri had been in the running for the position of rector of the university.
    — Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • As both rector and reconciler, Lincoln speaks to us still.
    — David M. Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Todd Rice, who headed the parish's rector search committee, said Thompson was the consensus choice.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Kitzke will take over as rector from Bishop Jeff Haines, who has held the position in addition to his bishop duties.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The rector of Buxhall’s wet-nosed terrier, Bumper—everyone has to start somewhere.
    — Maxwell Carter, WSJ, 25 May 2018
  • During that time, Gau was also rector and minister of the high school's Jesuit community.
    — Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2024
  • Something had sucked the air out of that place: at school functions, students did not breathe, and the teachers’ lounge featured enormous portraits of illustrious rectors, plus a gigantic one of a major naval battle.
    — Hebe Uhart, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023

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