(Latin: rego, rule)
(1) A priest placed in charge of a church which is neither a parochial nor a capitular church nor annexed to the house of a religious community for its religious functions; loosely used also to designate a pastor, and hence the term rectory.
(2) The head of an educational institution, of certain religious communities, etc.
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