rectorate

or rec·tor·ship

[ rek-ter-it ]

noun

1. the office, dignity, or term of a rector.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rectorate¹

1715–25; < Medieval Latin rēctōrātus office of rector, equivalent to Latin rēctōr- (stem of rēctor ) rector + -ātus -ate ³

Example Sentences

Drawing attention to his case, while complicating the work of police who would have to arrest him, was precisely what Hasél had hoped for when he barricaded himself at the university’s rectorate.

From Seattle Times

The schools of architecture, design, communications and humanities, meanwhile, will remain in their high-rise home in Kensington – the building eventually "de-silted" back to its original state, with the penthouse floor reserved for the rectorate.

From The Guardian

The Mayo and Yaqui valleys were now made a separate rectorate.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Now Leonard had found occasion to go West for a time, though he still held his office; and Arthur was filling the rectorate almost in the old first way.

From Project Gutenberg