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What is the noun for rectrix?

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rector
  1. In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
  2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
  3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
  4. A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The rector of the prestigious university was highly respected by both the faculty and the students for his visionary leadership.”
      “The rector was responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the school and ensuring the academic growth of students.”
      “The husband of a church rector will be pedalling 1,000 miles to raise money to repair the church roof.”
rectrix
  1. A governess; a rectoress.
  2. A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I plucked the outer right rectrix, thereby inducing the growth of a replacement.”
      “We also looked for evidence of multiple waves of rectrix replacement in the inner rectrices.”
      “Rectrices are numbered from R1, the innermost rectrix to R5, the outermost rectrix.”
rectorship
  1. The office or rank of a rector; rectorate.
  2. (obsolete) Government; guidance.
  3. Examples:
    1. “However, he regarded his rectorship as the most important thing in his life, even more important than his mathematical research.”
      “Another kind of glory was the opening, during Morgan's rectorship, of The Free Chapel at Prince and Thompson Streets to serve the poor.”
      “The rectorship means committing oneself to leading this university spiritually and intellectually.”
rectory
  1. The residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.
  2. The residence of an Anglican rector.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The rectory is a beautiful Victorian-style house where the minister and their family reside.”
      “The new pastor settled into the comfortable rectory located just steps away from the historic church.”
      “Eusebio pointed with pride to its church and rectory, carpenter shop, blacksmith forge, and water mill.”
rectoress
  1. A governess; a rectrix.
  2. The wife of a rector.
  3. Examples:
    1. “It had a rectoress to care for and govern it, and a portress.”
rectress
  1. Alternative form of rectoress
rectour
  1. Obsolete form of rector.
rectorate
  1. The office of a rector.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The dispute came to a head when both the rectorate and the foundation placed separate advertisements stating differing versions of the requirements for student applicants.”
      “Nothing is known of Croft's later dealings with the rectorate, nor of Lancelot Levens, who followed him.”
      “Meanwhile, the death of the Archdeacon had left the rectorate vacant, and an unfortunate nomination was made by the patron-bishop.”
rectorships
  1. plural of rectorship
rectorates
  1. plural of rectorate
rectoresses
  1. plural of rectoress
rectresses
  1. plural of rectress
rectours
  1. plural of rectour
rectories
  1. plural of rectory
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I also sought out smaller houses, manors, rectories and cottages that can be visited by the public.”
      “The castle chapels at Nottingham and skipton were rectories.”
rectrices
  1. plural of rectrix
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Furthermore, no one has ever previously defined feathers as being only remiges and rectrices or flight feathers.”
      “That scheduling results in little overlap between molt of rectrices and outer primaries, both of which are important to landing.”
      “Most birds showed signs of moderate to heavy wear of the secondary coverts and rectrices.”
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