noun

• In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
• In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
• (Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.
• In a Protestant church, a pastor in charge of a church with administrative and pastoral leadership combined.
• A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.
• (Scotland) An official in Scottish universities who heads the university court and is elected by and represents the student body.
• (countable) A surname from German.
• (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
• A city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States.
• A ghost town in Shannon County, Missouri, United States.
• An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.