rec·tor /ˈrɛktɚ/
 教區長,校長,院長


 Rec·tor n.
 1. A ruler or governor. [R.]
    God is the supreme rector of the world.   --Sir M. Hale.
 2. (a) Ch. of Eng. A clergyman who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar. --Blackstone. (b) Prot. Epis. Ch. A clergyman in charge of a parish.
 3. The head master of a public school. [Scot.]
 4. The chief elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at Oxford.
 5. R. C. Ch. The superior officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the superior of a house that is a seminary or college.

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 rector
      n : a person authorized to conduct religious worship [syn: curate,
           minister, parson, pastor]