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Rectory

The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.

📖 Definitions of "Rectory"

noun

1
The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.
2
The residence of an Anglican rector.

🔄 Synonyms of "Rectory"

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Word	Definition
parsonagenoun	The residence of the minister of a parish.
vicaragenoun	(countable) The residence of a vicar.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rectory"

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Word	Definition
parsonagenoun	The residence of the minister of a parish.
vicaragenoun	(countable) The residence of a vicar.
presbyterynoun	Presbyters collectively; the body of presbyters of a congregation.
rectornoun	A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.
vice-chancellornoun	(education, often) The chief executive of a university, college or similar facility where the chancellor is a largely ceremonial role.
impropriateverb	Of ecclesiastical property: placed under the control or management of a layperson.
mansenoun	A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.
discharged	having lost your job
rectournoun	Obsolete form of rector. [In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.]
rectoressnoun	The wife of a rector.
rotanoun	(UK, Ireland) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
romanismnoun	(chiefly derogatory) The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.
roman ritenoun	The Latin rite used by the Roman Catholic Church.
rubricannoun	The member of a religious order who is responsible for seeing that the rubric (directions for a religious service) is followed.
rectrixnoun	A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.
rectressnoun	Alternative form of rectoress. [A governess; a rectrix.]
responsorynoun	A chant or anthem recited after a reading in a church service
oremusnoun	(Roman Catholicism) A liturgical prayer.
rationalenoun	An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
rednecknoun	(slang, US, usually derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.