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- noun Plural form of
rectorship .
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Examples
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As such, she received various manors, lordships, parks, and rectorships that had last belonged to Cromwell (before reverting to the crown); among them were Boreham, Guys Hall, and Cannons Hall.
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Her inheritance of this castle and its surrounding estates, lordships, parks, lesser manors, and rectorships meant that she now assumed Norfolk's role as the leading magnate in the northeast of England.
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He and Mr. Baldwin, so long earnest and friendly workers in adjoining fields of labor, appear to have reached the same determination at the same time, and probably they conferred together before resigning their respective rectorships, which they both did in 1824.
Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. Diocese Of Connecticut
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Francisco, and there is good ground for the opinion which sees in permanent rectorships all the requisites of a benefice; but these instances, with the episcopates, are in marked contrast with the general organization of the Church in the United States.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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In England no concursus is held to determine appointments to permanent rectorships (Taunton, The Law of the Church, London, 1906, p. 231).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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His superiors realizing his fitness for government advanced him to three successive rectorships
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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To inaugurate this plan, the council ruled that the establishment of such rectorships, and the appointment of incumbents thereunto should take place no later than three years after the promulgation of its decrees.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Westminster (D. 25) warns priests that the appointment to permanent rectorships rests with the bishop, and that no right of preferment is acquired by serving as assistant priest on a mission or even administering it temporarily.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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No examination is required for the appointment of pastors to removable rectorships.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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From the ministries, the judiciary, the foreign embassies, the prefectures, and the rectorships of the universities, they are necessarily excluded.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Various 1888
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