Noun
A governess; a rectrix.
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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.
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In this way the worthy Rectoress consoled herself : and her daughters sighed, and sate over the Peerage all night