ラテン語のrector, manager, guideから、regere, to straightから、PIE*reg, to straight, to straightから、語源的にはright, correctから。
英語の語源
rector
rector: [14] A rector is etymologically a ‘ruler’. The word comes via Old French rectour from Latin rēctor ‘governor’, a derivative of the verb regere ‘govern, rule’ (from which English gets regent, region, etc). It carried its original meaning with it into English, with reference both to Roman governors in the ancient world and to God as ‘ruler’ of the universe (Sir Matthew Hale in 1676 referred to God as the ‘great dispenser or permitter and rector of all the events in the world’), but by the 18th century it had largely become restricted to the more specialized senses ‘clergyman in charge of a parish’ and ‘head of a college’. => regent, regiment, region
rector (n.)
late 14c. (early 13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Latin rector "ruler, governor, director, guide," from rect-, past participle stem of regere "to rule, guide" (see regal). Used originally of Roman governors and God, by 18c. generally restricted to clergymen and college heads. Related: Rectorship.
例文
1. He was rector of All Hallows Church in Wellingborough.
彼はビリンベルン聖堂の教区長だ。
2.Sometimes the rector came up and preached a sermon.
ときどき教区牧師が来て道を教える。
3.He became a rector of a small parish where he ministered for several years.
彼は小さな教区の教区牧師となり、そこで何年か聖事を執務した。
4.My novel "The Rector 's Wife "is being adapted for TV，with Lindsay Duncan in the title role.
私の小説『教区長の妻』がリンジー?ダンカンが主人公を演じるドラマ化されている。
5.He came with several friends directly from Rector 's in a carriage.