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Example sentences for "rector"

Lexicographically close words:
rectilinear; rection; rectitude; rectius; recto; rectoral; rectories; rectors; rectorship; rectory
  1. Upon the staff of the School the Cantor ranked third after the Rector and Sub-Rector, and took a share in the general instruction of the scholars.

  2. But with the advent of Johann Matthias Gesner as Rector in September 1730 a happier period dawned upon the "incorrigible" Cantor.

  3. The Reverend Hammond Tooke was then Rector of Upton Church, and a friend of my people.

  4. A very nice woman,' the rector had said; 'but she does not seem to have any belongings in particular.

  5. During tea, Captain Aylmer was called upon to give an account of the Mayor's feast how the rector had said grace before dinner, and Mr Possitt had done so after dinner, and how the soup had been uneatable.

  6. By-and-by it will be once a fortnight, then once a month, and the black-eyed rector will preach patience and resignation.

  7. Sir Charles thought this neat, and laughed good-humoredly: he asked the rector to dine on Sunday at half-past seven.

  8. I dressed myself and turned out into the streets to seek the little church of the Holy Sepulcher where the new Rector of whom Eva had spoken held early Lenten services.

  9. He is a member of the Bethany Church himself, but he seems delighted with our services, and talks about them beautifully--as well as our rector could.

  10. For my part I shall be very glad if my poor rector can't afford it.

  11. St. Gilbert, the founder, was Rector of Sempringham and composed his rule from those of St. Austin and St. Benedict.

  12. It is clear that these ladies were good needlewomen, and their work must have been exceptionally excellent, seeing that a cope was purchased from them by a neighbouring rector for L10.

  13. Monsell, Rector of St. Nicholas, Guildford, with upwards of 100 Illustrations by Ludwig Richter and Oscar Pletsch.

  14. He outstripped his compeers, and before he had accomplished his curriculum, the rector recommended his removal, inasmuch as he had exhausted the resources of the school.

  15. Fifty-one years later, George Crabbe, Rector of Trowbridge, lay a-dying.

  16. I must write to the Rector and beg him not to be so tiresome, for truly I am nursing and doing everything I can to make your father comfortable and then he is quite upset by one of these epistles Mr W.

  17. Greek Testament written on vellum and paper, supposed to be of the thirteenth century, and which was given to the library in 1649 by the Rector of Thrussington.

  18. Edward Kellet is mentioned by Wood, in Fasti Oxonienses, anno 1616, as rector of Ragborough and Croscombe, in Somersetshire.

  19. George Pidgeon, rector of Fredericton, officiating at the wedding.

  20. There is a Church at the mouth of the Oromocto on the Burton side, in which divine service is occasionally performed by the Rector of Maugerville.

  21. In the thirty-eighth year of my service, and twenty-one years after my unfortunate brother in office, the Rector of Veilbye had been beheaded for the murder of his servant, it happened one day that a beggar came to my door.

  22. I had always suspected that the victim had died on the spot where he was buried, although I could not quite understand how the rector had managed to bury the body by day without being seen.

  23. Then they heard several sounding slaps, and they heard Niels curse back at the rector and call him evil names.

  24. But on Tuesday morning they found Niels Bruus dead on the grave of the late rector Sören Quist of Veilbye, by the door of Aalsö church.

  25. Just as she stepped through the doorway the rector was saying to me, "Isn't it about time that you should think of entering into the holy estate of matrimony?

  26. It is true that Niels Bruus had often been heard to declare that he would "get even with the rector when the latter least expected it.

  27. The poor rector was so shocked and astounded that he could not find a word to answer.

  28. This was the way of it: The rector had ordered Niels to dig up a bit of soil in the garden.

  29. The old rector lost his temper entirely, seized the spade and struck at the man several times.

  30. They heard the rector cry, "I'll punish you, you dog.

  31. The rector was in the wagon with the jailer and the gendarme, and I rode beside them.

  32. Go to work at once," commanded the rector angrily.

  33. My heart was very heavy, not so much because of any fear that we might find the missing man buried in the garden, but because of the surprise and distress I must cause the rector and my beloved.

  34. I paid a visit to the Rector of Veilbye to-day.

  35. I told Morten Bruus that this testimony was no proof of the supposed murder, especially as the rector himself had narrated the entire occurrence to me exactly as the women had described it.

  36. Rector of Amersham and a Fellow of Eton College.

  37. And he was so happy as to obtain Anne, the daughter of Henry Nelson, Bachelor in Divinity, then Rector of Haugham, in the County of Lincoln, a man of noted worth and learning.

  38. Kilbie,[4] who was then Rector of Lincoln College.

  39. The rector of the Grammar School is still "Praeceptor Domus Dei.

  40. The diocese contained thirty parishes, and the bishop sat in the chapter as Rector of Brechin, that being his prebend.

  41. Then she and Kieth were strolling along a path, arm in arm, and he was informing her what an absolute jewel the Father Rector was.

  42. I'm afraid the Father Rector would send me shimmying out the gate.

  43. She had a lightning impression that they were especially fond of Kieth--the Father Rector had called him "Kieth" and one of the others had kept a hand on his shoulder all through the conversation.

  44. She had earned it as fairly as the rector of St. James the Less earned his.

  45. But the rector of St. Matthias's did not trouble himself, as Phillida did, about the lost sheep in the wilderness of the lettered avenues.

  46. The Latin grammar in use was that of the Jesuit rector of the school at Lisbon, Alvarez (1572).

  47. No wonder that the horses of the apostolic rector of Houghton-le-Spring were safe, even in those horse-stealing times, and in that Border county.

  48. When this accident occurred to him, Bishop Blomfield happened to be walking with Dr D'Oyly, the rector of Lambeth.

  49. Curtis, Rector of the Irish College of Salamanca.

  50. Hussey is described as Chaplain to his Catholic Majesty of Spain, and Rector of the Church of the Spanish Embassy in London.

  51. Beaufort, rector of Collon, and Mr. Young, his connection, furnished a copy.

  52. And granting such accident, think, what a shame, If they didn’t find Rector and Clerk when they came!

  53. Rector more, Like the shepherds of Israel, idly eat, And make of his flock "a prey and meat.

  54. Hulst, Rector of the Catholic Faculty of that city.

  55. He held the position of Rector of the great Woodstock Seminary, where he displayed marked talent.

  56. The Venerable Rector of the Irish College at Rome, celebrated, on New Year's Day, his 86th birthday.

  57. He also filled the position of Rector of the St. Louis University, Mo.

  58. Many unsuccessful attempts had been made to translate this work, and when Charles the Bald found that the erudite rector of the Royal School could translate Greek, he ordered him to furnish a translation which he did.

  59. Inglish was at the time Rector of Trinity Church, New York, and afterwards bishop of Nova Scotia.

  60. The clipping has been mislaid, and I do not now remember where Rector Reed is located; but I do know that his statements, so far as I have investigated them, are arrant falsehoods.

  61. Rector Reed neglected to give the source of his information, and to save me I could find but seven presidents, including Washington, who were Episcopalians, and now Col.

  62. Rector Reed's other statements stand examination as poorly as that relating to the presidents.

  63. Mr. Reed, rector of a Protestant Episcopal church, and inquired if the statements contained therein were true.

  64. As the sources of information regarding the religious views of most prominent Americans are shamefully meagre, I was inclined to regard Rector Reed's sermon as a historical document of inestimable value.

  65. Thomas Fitch Oliver, at that time rector of St. Michael's, Marblehead, and belonged to a family distinguished in the history of Massachusetts from the earliest period of the colony.

  66. His proficiency in study, and his exemplary deportment, engaged the notice and esteem of the rector and instructors, and the love of the students.


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    Other words:
    administration; administrator; agent; archbishop; canon; chancellor; chaplain; churchman; clergyman; cleric; clerk; coadjutor; conductor; curate; deputy; divine; ecclesiastic; governor; impresario; leader; manager; master; minister; papa; parson; pastor; patriarch; penitentiary; pontiff; prelate; president; primate; principal; producer; rector; shepherd; vicar