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Meaning of rectoress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A governess; a rectrix.
  2. The wife of a rector.

Examples

“Diſſembling griefe, as one that knevv not ill, / So can ſhe rule the greatneſſe of her mind, / As a moſt perfect Rectoreſſe of her vvill, / Aboue the vſuall vveakneſſe of her kind; […]”
“In this way the worthy Rectoress consoled herself : and her daughters sighed, and sate over the Peerage all night”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

rectorial Rectories rectorite rectorrhagia Rectors rectorship

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