Literary notes about Rector (AI summary)
In literature, the term “rector” is employed to evoke a figure imbued with both authority and human complexity. Often depicted as the local church leader or academic guide, the rector appears in roles ranging from the somber and dignified [1][2] to the wryly humorous and unexpectedly candid [3][4]. Authors use the character of the rector not only to represent religious or educational oversight—as in references to pastoral duty and community management [5][6]—but also as an instrument for social commentary and satire, highlighting quirks of personality and institutional critique [7][8]. This multifaceted use provides a rich backdrop against which issues of morality, tradition, and social order are subtly explored.
- Her death itself, which could not be her office to say is come, was faithfully confirm'd by the rector of the place.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - He was for many years Rector of Whitechapel, where he eloquently preached both by word and pen.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein - The rector opened his mouth and said: —O!
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce - " "And you ask this villain into your house!" continued the exasperated Rector.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - Thus it will be seen that the parishioners of Crawley were equally happy in their Squire and in their Rector.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - He was rector and rural dean of Bridlington from 1885 to 1891, and perpetual curate of Bessingby from 1888 to 1891.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein - Come now—for the Rector's chicken-broth on a Sunday.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - What a bitter reflection for a man!" "Somebody was saying," said the Rector, laughingly, "that East Retford was nothing to Middlemarch, for bribery.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot
