rector

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Father David Stevenson, the rector of St Botolph's Church, also known as Boston Stump, where the food bank is based, said the facility was "a lifeline for people".

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

The university's incoming rector, Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman, described the jobs losses as "worse than expected".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

Ms Chapman, the Green MSP for North East Scotland who will start as rector at the university in August, said if the job losses went ahead they would be a "crushing blow" to the campus.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

Perhaps these specks were once family photos, diplomas hanging on walls, maybe even pages from the hymn books in the burned-down church where the spouse of one of my wife’s colleagues is the rector.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Humphrey Babington was a Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge, but spent most of his time at Boothby Pagnall, near Grantham, where he was rector.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin