Definition of "rectoress" []

• A governess; a rectrix. (noun)
• The wife of a rector. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "And those four were, by force of circumstance, Robin Cockscroft and Joan his wife, the rector and the rectoress."
• "In this way the worthy rectoress consoled herself; and her daughters sighed, and sat over the _Peerage_ all night ...."
• "They have their own chaplain, their rectoress, and their portress; and they live safely retired and with holy mode of life."