rector
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The 54-year-old pastor, a former rector of the Christian University of Sumba, wants atas to be emancipated.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
A former adviser to the rector of Far Eastern Federal University said the institution had been given a quota to send 32 students to the war in February.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
“Is it irreverent?” wondered José Antonio Carballo, the cathedral’s rector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Among the major threats to Rocha Moya’s political survival was the outcry about the 2024 shooting death of his one-time chief political rival, Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, a former lawmaker and university rector.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
Fie was rector of a rather posh boys’ school in Berlin.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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The other is its parish, the spiritual center of this Cambridgeshire hamlet and a place where community members weave themselves in each other’s lives while supporting its rectors.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
University rectors also said they were working with law enforcement on increasing campus security.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
A separate 2020 exposé by the same commission at the academy found that several rectors and other senior university officials were guilty of publishing papers in questionable journals, listing fake collaborators and plagiarism.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2022
The rectors of 20 Ecuadorian universities have signed a letter in which they “emphatically reject” the accusations against Guamán and call for “impartial justice” to be done.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 28, 2021
The fire in Germain Street—The first brick house in St. John—Old Trinity—The Loyalists—Curious ideas about insurance—The rectors of Trinity—The Clock—The Royal Arms.
From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by George Stewart
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