rectoress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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The wife of a rector.

"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"

From rector + -ess.

rectoresses (plural) rectress (alternative)

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