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▸ noun:  In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
▸ noun:  In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
▸ noun:  (Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop in the Orthodox Church who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
▸ noun:  In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
▸ noun:  A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.
▸ noun:  (Scotland) An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body.
▸ noun:  (countable) A surname from German.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
▸ noun:  A city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States.
▸ noun:  A ghost town in Shannon County, Missouri, United States.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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