Provost vs. Rector
Provostnoun
One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly:
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A dean: the head of a cathedral chapter.
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(religion) The head of various other ecclesiastical bodies, even muezzins.
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(religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.
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The head of various colleges and universities.
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(obsolete) A ruler.
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A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.
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A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly:
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A prior: an abbot's second-in-command.
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A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.
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(historical) A steward or seneschal: a medieval agent given management of a feudal estate or charged with collecting fees; a title of the archangel Michael.
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(historical) Any manager or overseer in a medieval or early modern context.
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(obsolete) A viceroy.
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(obsolete) A governor.
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(obsolete) A reeve.
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(obsolete) Various Roman offices, as prefect and praetor.
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(historical) A constable: a medieval or early modern official charged with arresting, holding, and punishing criminals.
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(military) An officer of the military police, particularly provost marshal or provost sergeant.
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An assistant fencing master.
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A provost cell: a military cell or prison.
Provostverb
To be delivered to a provost marshal for punishment.
Provostnoun
A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.
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The keeper of a prison.
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a high-ranking university administrator
Rectornoun
In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
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In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
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A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
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A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.
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A ruler or governor.
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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.
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The head master of a public school.
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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.
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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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a person authorized to conduct religious worship
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(in the Church of England) the incumbent of a parish where all tithes formerly passed to the incumbent.
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(in other Anglican Churches) a member of the clergy who has charge of a parish.
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(in the Roman Catholic Church) a priest in charge of a church or of a religious institution.
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the head of certain universities, colleges, and schools.
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(in Scotland) an elected representative of students on a university's governing body.
