rectoress

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Definition of rectoress

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noun

A governess; a rectrix.

“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; […]”

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noun

A governess; a rectrix.

“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; […]”
The wife of a rector.

“In this way the worthy Rectoress consoled herself : and her daughters sighed, and sate over the Peerage all night”

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From rector + -ess.

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