What is another word for Rectorate?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈɛktəɹˌe͡ɪt] (IPA)

Rectorate is a term commonly associated with academia and refers to the office or governing body of a university's rector. Synonyms for rectorate include rectory, chancellorship, presidency, and princedom. These terms represent different levels of authority and duties, but all relate to the leadership of an academic institution. A rectory is typically associated with a church and refers to the residence of a rector, while the chancellorship represents the highest position in a university and is responsible for overseeing its overall operations. Presidency is a term more commonly used in the United States and refers to the highest office in a university, while a princedom refers to the rank of a prince, which traditionally holds leadership responsibilities.

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What are the hypernyms for Rectorate?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    administrative body, governmental body, High authority, Leadership group, Oversight organization, Supervisory body.

Usage examples for Rectorate

The archdukes will bear me out how often I have spoken to them on this subject, and how I have begged them to write nothing on my behalf to the General or to the provincial; but they insist that if I lay down the Rectorate I must retain the confessorship.
"Studies from Court and Cloister"
J.M. Stone
At the head of a German university stands the rector, or more commonly, the prorector, since the Rectorate is generally retained by the sovereign princes in their own hands, as is the case in Baden.
"The Student-Life of Germany"
William Howitt
He could expect nothing beyond a possible Rectorate in the remote distance, with one of those little pony chapels to preach in, which, if it were set up on a stout pole, would pass for a good-sized martin-house.
"The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

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